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Using the same method, determine the annual rates of CO2 increase between 1985 a

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Using the same method, determine the annual rates of CO2 increase between 1985 and 1995 and between 2005 and 2015. (6 points 410 Atmospheric CO2 measured at Mauna Loa, Hawaii 400 Data from: Scripps Institute of Oceanography E 390 380 370 360 350 340 330 325 ppm 320 4---4-316 ppm 310 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 en Earle from data at https://scripps.ucsd.edu/programs/keelingcurve/ e A5-2. Atmospheric CO2 concentrations as measured at the Keeling Lab on Mauna Loa, Hawaii In 1992 countries around the world (including Canada) signed the Kyoto Protocol and committed to reducing their CO2 emission levels. Comment on what the data in Figure A5-2 tells us about the collective success of these commitments. (4 points) What accounts for the saw-tooth nature of the Earth's CO2 curve (the pink line on the graph)? (5 points)

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Annual rates of CO2 increase :