Since 1958 scientists at the Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii, measure the CO2 concentration. in the atmosphere.

Surprisingly the level of CO2 was and is constantly rising over years with a variance caused by the seasons.

You’ll find more land on the northern hemisphere and therefore during spring more CO2 is captured.

Later on by analyzing the isotopes it was shown that the source of the rising CO2 level is anthropogenic.

Data Credit goes to Dr. Pieter Tans, NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory. Visit the NOAA site for more interesting details. The following table is updated every Monday.

Units are ppm (parts per million) .

YearMonthMLO - AverageMLO - TrendGlobal - AverageGlobal - Trend
2010Feb389.91389.02
2010Jan388.65388.36
2009Dec387.27388.08388.01387.46
2009Nov385.99388.08386.86387.18
2009Oct384.38387.76385.14386.73
2009Sep384.77388.01383.64386.39
2009Aug385.91387.64383.56386.20
2009Jul387.74387.24384.88386.07
2009Jun389.43387.11386.64386.06
2009May390.18387.09387.65386.04
2009Apr389.46386.78387.68385.87
2009Mar388.77387.27387.38385.79
2009Feb387.41386.53387.20385.85
2009Jan386.92386.64386.77385.78
2008Dec385.54386.35386.01385.47
2008Nov384.11386.21384.91385.23
2008Oct382.98386.35383.39384.98
2008Sep383.07386.31382.28385.03
2008Aug384.15385.88382.49385.14
2008Jul386.38385.89383.79384.98
2008Jun387.88385.56385.34384.76
2008May388.50385.42386.30384.69
2008Apr387.18384.50386.32384.51
2008Mar385.96384.46385.97384.38
2008Feb385.72384.83385.64384.29
2008Jan385.42385.15385.01384.01
2007Dec383.84384.64384.20383.65
2007Nov382.37384.47383.17383.50
2007Oct381.09384.46381.86383.45
2007Sep380.81384.05380.49383.24
2007Aug381.96383.68380.15382.80
2007Jul384.45383.96381.40382.58
2007Jun386.01383.68383.05382.47
2007May386.53383.46383.95382.33
2007Apr386.36383.68384.11382.30
2007Mar384.42382.93383.80382.20
2007Feb383.77382.87383.34381.99
2007Jan382.88382.61382.81381.81
2006Dec381.85382.64382.13381.59
2006Nov380.17382.27381.14381.45
2006Oct379.06382.43379.75381.34
2006Sep378.81382.06378.39381.13
2006Aug380.33382.05378.33380.98
2006Jul382.15381.66379.87381.05
2006Jun384.01381.68381.50380.93
2006May384.94381.87382.35380.72
2006Apr384.65381.96382.40380.60
2006Mar382.65381.16382.09380.49
2006Feb382.19381.29381.69380.34
2006Jan381.36381.09381.03380.03
2005Dec380.07380.83380.27379.73
2005Nov378.29380.41379.26379.58
2005Oct376.98380.32377.78379.37
2005Sep376.72380.06376.53379.27
2005Aug378.60380.30376.57379.23
2005Jul380.60380.12377.77378.95
2005Jun382.14379.76379.41378.84
2005May382.45379.35380.24378.62
2005Apr382.20379.45380.13378.32
2005Mar380.91379.47379.58377.98
2005Feb379.70378.83378.95377.60
2005Jan378.43378.18378.54377.53
2004Dec377.51378.25377.95377.47
2004Nov376.15378.24376.96377.25
2004Oct374.47377.78375.51377.02
2004Sep374.10377.41374.20376.84
2004Aug376.07377.69374.33376.85
2004Jul377.48377.07375.82376.89
2004Jun379.66377.36377.35376.81
2004May380.62377.60378.18376.63
2004Apr380.42377.63378.25376.50
2004Mar378.88377.34377.91376.37
2004Feb377.87377.00377.51376.25
2004Jan377.03376.87376.97376.04
2003Dec375.97376.71376.31375.80
2003Nov374.67376.70375.47375.73
2003Oct373.10376.39374.17375.64
2003Sep373.12376.44372.88375.47
2003Aug374.28375.85372.70375.20
2003Jul376.65376.11373.93375.03
2003Jun378.21375.96375.46374.96
2003May378.54375.68376.30374.77
2003Apr377.75375.04376.18374.47
2003Mar376.51374.95375.72374.22
2003Feb375.63374.81375.28374.06
2003Jan374.92374.72374.77373.84
2002Dec373.71374.45374.13373.62
2002Nov372.19374.16373.11373.33
2002Oct370.50373.77371.73373.15
2002Sep370.72374.02370.45373.01
2002Aug371.77373.36370.13372.67
2002Jul373.91373.40371.25372.42
2002Jun375.44373.21372.68372.16
2002May375.58372.79373.54371.99
2002Apr374.93372.25373.56371.84
2002Mar373.87372.26373.21371.72
2002Feb373.08372.24372.69371.49
2002Jan372.38372.18372.31371.37
2001Dec371.11371.83371.81371.27
2001Nov369.64371.64370.87371.07
2001Oct368.38371.71369.50370.92
2001Sep368.12371.45368.15370.74
2001Aug369.59371.25368.12370.69
2001Jul371.51370.92369.28370.47
2001Jun373.13370.85370.66370.09
2001May373.77370.90371.53369.98
2001Apr373.32370.66371.61369.90
2001Mar372.39370.82371.30369.84
2001Feb371.44370.64370.90369.69
2001Jan370.47370.24370.43369.48
2000Dec369.62370.33369.92369.40
2000Nov368.27370.31369.11369.35
2000Oct366.94370.23367.72369.14
2000Sep366.87370.19366.49369.06
2000Aug368.18369.71366.52368.98
2000Jul369.69369.04367.69368.75
2000Jun371.51369.25369.11368.56
2000May371.32368.45370.04368.50
2000Apr371.63369.01370.15368.47
2000Mar370.38368.90369.80368.40
2000Feb369.32368.51369.48368.34
2000Jan369.07368.87369.20368.28
1999Dec367.85368.58368.68368.16
1999Nov366.51368.58367.85368.06
1999Oct365.17368.41366.57367.97
1999Sep364.61367.95365.25367.81
1999Aug366.70368.21365.06367.52
1999Jul369.10368.42366.40367.42
1999Jun370.10367.87368.11367.52
1999May370.66367.84368.98367.47
1999Apr370.77368.19369.04367.41
1999Mar369.46367.90368.64367.28
1999Feb368.83367.97368.27367.14
1999Jan367.97367.79367.89366.97
1998Dec366.87367.61367.26366.76
1998Nov365.36367.40366.44366.65
1998Oct364.18367.45365.20366.62
1998Sep363.83367.20363.87366.42
1998Aug365.81367.33363.58366.01
1998Jul367.59366.88364.59365.58
1998Jun368.78366.57366.01365.44
1998May369.33366.48366.57365.08
1998Apr368.42365.80366.32364.69
1998Mar366.95365.39365.70364.34
1998Feb365.82364.98365.23364.10
1998Jan365.00364.86364.91364.00
1997Dec364.12364.89364.39363.89
1997Nov362.21364.29363.33363.55
1997Oct360.49363.78361.65363.08
1997Sep360.05363.45360.14362.68
1997Aug361.89363.43360.14362.59
1997Jul364.10363.33361.66362.64
1997Jun365.36363.16363.30362.73
1997May366.47363.58364.19362.69
1997Apr366.02363.33364.14362.51
1997Mar364.25362.70363.65362.29
1997Feb363.87363.03363.29362.16
1997Jan362.81362.64362.98362.06
1996Dec361.96362.78362.36361.88
1996Nov360.62362.74361.53361.79
1996Oct359.34362.61360.40361.85
1996Sep359.41362.78359.40361.98
1996Aug361.15362.69359.77362.21
1996Jul363.31362.61361.27362.23
1996Jun364.70362.48362.54361.92
1996May364.93361.91362.94361.39
1996Apr364.28361.63362.79361.12
1996Mar363.91362.36362.45361.08
1996Feb362.94362.10362.16361.03
1996Jan361.83361.68361.83360.94
1995Dec360.42361.29361.31360.88
1995Nov359.22361.35360.43360.77
1995Oct357.80361.18359.07360.59
1995Sep357.93361.36357.69360.33
1995Aug358.94360.63357.40359.87
1995Jul361.55360.96358.69359.63
1995Jun363.03360.58360.28359.55
1995May363.62360.42361.11359.47
1995Apr363.05360.34361.22359.50
1995Mar361.60359.99360.78359.39
1995Feb360.61359.78360.29359.17
1995Jan359.73359.59359.81358.95
1994Dec358.74359.65359.26358.87
1994Nov357.41359.50358.39358.73
1994Oct355.89359.23356.91358.40
1994Sep355.42358.78355.71358.29
1994Aug357.23358.92355.85358.34
1994Jul359.20358.63357.04358.04
1994Jun360.60358.22358.46357.77
1994May361.48358.30359.41357.76
1994Apr361.13358.41359.41357.66
1994Mar359.67358.05359.05357.63
1994Feb358.80358.00358.71357.57
1994Jan358.05357.95358.18357.33
1993Dec356.70357.59357.59357.17
1993Nov355.27357.38356.67357.00
1993Oct354.03357.37355.43356.90
1993Sep353.96357.39354.21356.83
1993Aug355.29357.07354.15356.77
1993Jul357.36356.87355.46356.65
1993Jun359.41356.96357.15356.43
1993May360.07356.85358.16356.47
1993Apr359.17356.49358.19356.39
1993Mar358.26356.53357.72356.23
1993Feb357.17356.32357.29356.09
1993Jan356.76356.63356.94356.05
1992Dec355.39356.27356.48356.09
1992Nov354.15356.29355.74356.12
1992Oct353.21356.50354.55356.05
1992Sep352.80356.25353.28355.91
1992Aug354.77356.47353.39355.98
1992Jul356.72356.25355.01356.18
1992Jun359.19356.72356.70356.02
1992May359.45356.19357.58355.86
1992Apr358.91356.15357.52355.65
1992Mar357.73356.13357.05355.52
1992Feb356.84356.07356.69355.50
1992Jan356.08355.94356.35355.48
1991Dec354.98355.91355.70355.33
1991Nov353.70355.86354.83355.23
1991Oct352.22355.51353.76355.24
1991Sep352.20355.57352.74355.34
1991Aug353.78355.49352.78355.38
1991Jul355.96355.45354.31355.46
1991Jun357.99355.53356.01355.29
1991May359.00355.75356.90355.17
1991Apr358.40355.67357.01355.16
1991Mar357.00355.40356.48354.97
1991Feb355.67354.85355.93354.73
1991Jan354.87354.75355.56354.70
1990Dec354.21355.15354.96354.64
1990Nov352.81354.95354.14354.49
1990Oct351.36354.60352.97354.37
1990Sep351.05354.28351.61354.11
1990Aug352.67354.24351.34353.80
1990Jul354.67354.04352.46353.46
1990Jun356.11353.67354.10353.42
1990May357.08353.90355.20353.51
1990Apr356.10353.48355.28353.49
1990Mar355.49354.01354.95353.52
1990Feb354.72354.02354.66353.59
1990Jan353.63353.55354.23353.48
1989Dec352.66353.56353.64353.30
1989Nov351.26353.34352.80353.12
1989Oct350.10353.34351.64352.99
1989Sep349.83352.96350.36352.79
1989Aug351.42352.93350.03352.43
1989Jul353.79353.10351.36352.33
1989Jun355.11352.73353.09352.45
1989May355.70352.57354.04352.42
1989Apr355.43352.81354.19352.47
1989Mar353.64352.26353.81352.44
1989Feb353.10352.46353.27352.23
1989Jan352.72352.69352.82352.07
1988Dec351.29352.16352.31351.96
1988Nov349.99352.07351.41351.71
1988Oct348.94352.15350.20351.55
1988Sep348.84351.98349.06351.44
1988Aug350.42351.90348.96351.30
1988Jul352.53351.78350.22351.18
1988Jun353.64351.34351.63351.02
1988May354.14351.04352.27350.72
1988Apr353.53350.95352.13350.42
1988Mar352.22350.77351.67350.27
1988Feb351.58350.97351.28350.27
1988Jan350.23350.23350.70349.99
1987Dec349.03349.90349.96349.66
1987Nov347.80349.91348.95349.28
1987Oct346.48349.68347.70349.07
1987Sep346.37349.49346.50348.86
1987Aug347.62349.01346.36348.60
1987Jul349.77348.97347.58348.39
1987Jun351.45349.14349.24348.66
1987May351.84348.80350.06348.56
1987Apr351.12348.62349.78348.15
1987Mar349.56348.19349.09347.73
1987Feb348.55347.89348.37347.34
1987Jan348.20348.17347.78347.06
1986Dec346.89347.82347.55347.26
1986Nov345.67347.80347.21347.55
1986Oct344.34347.60345.94347.35
1986Sep344.88347.99344.70347.13
1986Aug345.89347.28344.71346.98
1986Jul347.78346.99345.97346.76
1986Jun349.70347.28347.45346.70
1986May350.35347.23348.09346.55
1986Apr349.57347.01348.02346.40
1986Mar347.88346.53347.49346.15
1986Feb346.95346.36347.06346.06
1986Jan346.42346.43346.84346.15
1985Dec345.61346.52346.35346.10
1985Nov344.22346.35345.58345.94
1985Oct342.92346.24344.44345.86
1985Sep343.04346.24343.19345.62
1985Aug344.70346.19343.15345.38
1985Jul346.49345.80344.49345.28
1985Jun348.19345.71345.84345.04
1985May348.75345.56346.39344.85
1985Apr348.02345.40346.62345.01
1985Mar347.49346.00346.35345.02
1985Feb345.89345.26345.49344.48
1985Jan345.08345.13345.04344.36
1984Dec344.36345.27344.64344.42
1984Nov342.90345.03343.74344.12
1984Oct341.54344.85342.62344.05
1984Sep341.24344.41341.81344.18
1984Aug343.06344.51341.92344.03
1984Jul345.37344.70342.99343.67
1984Jun346.80344.33344.32343.57
1984May347.36344.19344.98343.48
1984Apr346.58343.98344.87343.27
1984Mar345.29343.77344.65343.32
1984Feb344.59344.00344.50343.53
1984Jan343.87343.94344.02343.40
1983Dec342.89343.79343.13342.93
1983Nov341.35343.49342.34342.71
1983Oct340.12343.43341.25342.66
1983Sep340.00343.26340.17342.53
1983Aug342.08343.55340.48342.64
1983Jul343.93343.23342.01342.73
1983Jun345.32342.85343.21342.39
1983May345.75342.59343.44341.94
1983Apr345.08342.46343.17341.61
1983Mar343.45341.82342.72341.38
1983Feb342.67342.09342.39341.39
1983Jan341.42341.51342.00341.39
1982Dec340.67341.61341.44341.24
1982Nov339.24341.39340.66341.03
1982Oct338.09341.39339.32340.73
1982Sep337.98341.28337.91340.27
1982Aug339.82341.24337.90340.05
1982Jul341.85341.08339.55340.27
1982Jun343.42340.97341.21340.38
1982May344.30341.29341.96340.47
1982Apr343.83341.23342.09340.53
1982Mar342.87341.15341.84340.50
1982Feb341.69341.08341.56340.55
1982Jan340.92340.98340.98340.38
1981Dec339.91340.91340.39340.19
1981Nov338.58340.74339.79340.17
1981Oct337.13340.41338.68340.09
1981Sep336.96340.20337.75340.12
1981Aug338.51339.94337.98340.13
1981Jul340.71339.95339.07339.80
1981Jun342.52340.02340.43339.60
1981May343.01340.03341.14339.65
1981Apr342.56339.93341.34339.78
1981Mar341.57339.91341.08339.75
1981Feb340.51339.93340.45339.43
1981Jan339.36339.35339.91339.31
1980Dec338.29339.30339.40339.19
1980Nov337.21339.42338.63339.01
1980Oct336.05339.35337.50338.90
1980Sep336.10339.36336.85339.22
1980Aug337.45338.90337.27339.42
1980Jul339.34338.59338.55339.28
1980Jun341.26338.72339.79338.96
1980May341.47338.44340.09338.61
1980Apr340.86338.18339.67338.10
1980Mar340.04338.30339.30337.98
1980Feb338.28337.75339.03338.01
1980Jan337.80337.83338.31337.71
1979Dec336.78337.78
1979Nov335.26337.44
1979Oct334.12337.34
1979Sep333.93337.08
1979Aug335.56336.97
1979Jul337.60336.84
1979Jun339.20336.82
1979May339.02336.16
1979Apr338.96336.29
1979Mar338.13336.40
1979Feb336.64336.05
1979Jan336.21336.22
1978Dec334.83335.86
1978Nov333.76335.95
1978Oct332.40335.62
1978Sep332.33335.41
1978Aug334.37335.70
1978Jul336.48335.69
1978Jun337.98335.59
1978May338.00335.15
1978Apr337.77335.15
1978Mar336.61334.99
1978Feb335.26334.69
1978Jan335.09335.10
1977Dec333.47334.55
1977Nov332.35334.51
1977Oct331.21334.38
1977Sep331.19334.20
1977Aug332.53333.75
1977Jul334.79333.95
1977Jun336.10333.76
1977May336.82333.97
1977Apr336.03333.43
1977Mar334.97333.41
1977Feb333.23332.69
1977Jan332.69332.76
1976Dec331.65332.75
1976Nov330.18332.28
1976Oct328.77331.97
1976Sep328.96331.97
1976Aug330.64331.93
1976Jul332.95332.20
1976Jun334.05331.67
1976May334.79331.85
1976Apr334.78332.18
1976Mar333.46331.94
1976Feb332.75332.15
1976Jan331.66331.73
1975Dec330.55331.56
1975Nov329.33331.39
1975Oct328.35331.51
1975Sep328.57331.53
1975Aug329.88331.13
1975Jul331.74330.97
1975Jun333.40331.15
1975May333.91330.92
1975Apr333.29330.71
1975Mar331.85330.48
1975Feb331.41330.80
1975Jan330.68330.78
1974Dec329.50330.50
1974Nov328.34330.36
1974Oct327.21330.29
1974Sep327.41330.30
1974Aug329.17330.31
1974Jul330.99330.19
1974Jun332.13329.95
1974May333.15330.19
1974Apr332.65330.24
1974Mar331.48330.21
1974Feb330.71330.08
1974Jan329.35329.48
1973Dec328.64329.63
1973Nov328.16330.14
1973Oct327.18330.19
1973Sep327.51330.26
1973Aug329.31330.38
1973Jul330.87330.00
1973Jun332.07330.03
1973May332.48329.68
1973Apr331.50329.14
1973Mar330.30329.10
1973Feb329.56328.89
1973Jan328.55328.69
1972Dec327.55328.53
1972Nov326.50328.52
1972Oct325.06328.07
1972Sep324.93327.73
1972Aug326.32327.36
1972Jul328.05327.16
1972Jun329.09326.97
1972May330.07327.24
1972Apr329.72327.39
1972Mar327.75326.56
1972Feb327.63327.01
1972Jan326.77326.89
1971Dec326.01326.92
1971Nov324.80326.74
1971Oct323.56326.55
1971Sep323.36326.15
1971Aug325.46326.52
1971Jul327.34326.48
1971Jun328.57326.46
1971May328.92326.14
1971Apr327.78325.49
1971Mar327.18325.98
1971Feb326.68326.09
1971Jan326.17326.30
1970Dec325.13325.92
1970Nov323.98325.96
1970Oct323.16326.27
1970Sep323.10326.01
1970Aug324.69325.86
1970Jul326.35325.57
1970Jun327.66325.47
1970May328.07325.23
1970Apr328.14325.81
1970Mar326.87325.67
1970Feb325.99325.38
1970Jan325.03325.01
1969Dec324.12324.97
1969Nov322.85324.83
1969Oct321.78324.90
1969Sep322.38325.23
1969Aug323.67324.83
1969Jul325.88324.98
1969Jun326.76324.61
1969May327.34324.58
1969Apr326.66324.29
1969Mar325.64324.45
1969Feb324.42323.83
1969Jan324.00324.00
1968Dec322.84323.73
1968Nov321.31323.24
1968Oct320.25323.33
1968Sep320.41323.16
1968Aug322.03323.15
1968Jul324.14323.17
1968Jun325.36323.24
1968May325.57322.93
1968Apr325.02322.73
1968Mar323.89322.67
1968Feb323.15322.57
1968Jan322.57322.60
1967Dec321.96322.85
1967Nov320.72322.70
1967Oct319.31322.45
1967Sep319.31322.12
1967Aug320.92322.08
1967Jul322.55321.62
1967Jun324.09321.92
1967May325.00322.35
1967Apr324.42321.99
1967Mar323.04321.80
1967Feb322.50321.91
1967Jan322.06322.08
1966Dec321.08321.97
1966Nov319.78321.75
1966Oct318.10321.26
1966Sep318.64321.47
1966Aug320.37321.57
1966Jul322.40321.54
1966Jun323.75321.48
1966May324.01321.23
1966Apr323.87321.43
1966Mar322.39321.22
1966Feb321.59321.05
1966Jan320.62320.63
1965Dec319.42320.34
1965Nov318.87320.77
1965Oct317.30320.37
1965Sep317.81320.64
1965Aug318.80319.97
1965Jul321.39320.54
1965Jun321.87319.63
1965May322.16319.42
1965Apr322.13319.72
1965Mar320.89319.72
1965Feb320.44319.92
1965Jan319.44319.48
1964Dec318.71319.68
1964Nov317.79319.77
1964Oct316.79319.87
1964Sep316.70319.53
1964Aug318.70319.82
1964Jul320.44319.48
1964Jun321.89319.66
1964May322.24319.45
1964Apr321.79319.51
1964Mar320.76319.56
1964Feb320.11319.62
1964Jan319.57319.67
1963Dec318.31319.33
1963Nov317.12319.06
1963Oct315.99319.03
1963Sep316.21318.98
1963Aug317.77318.95
1963Jul319.74318.87
1963Jun321.47319.12
1963May322.24319.39
1963Apr321.39318.99
1963Mar319.86318.72
1963Feb319.08318.60
1963Jan318.74318.89
1962Dec317.70318.67
1962Nov316.69318.61
1962Oct315.42318.43
1962Sep316.26318.90
1962Aug317.40318.46
1962Jul319.58318.69
1962Jun320.55318.29
1962May321.01318.28
1962Apr320.63318.39
1962Mar319.68318.66
1962Feb318.55318.01
1962Jan317.94318.02
1961Dec317.01317.98
1961Nov316.10318.02
1961Oct315.38318.39
1961Sep314.80317.44
1961Aug316.79317.85
1961Jul318.58317.69
1961Jun319.77317.51
1961May320.58317.85
1961Apr319.48317.24
1961Mar318.54317.52
1961Feb317.70317.16
1961Jan316.93317.01
1960Dec316.19317.16
1960Nov315.00316.92
1960Oct313.83316.84
1960Sep314.16316.80
1960Aug315.91316.97
1960Jul318.18317.29
1960Jun319.59317.33
1960May320.02317.29
1960Apr319.02316.78
1960Mar317.58316.56
1960Feb316.97316.43
1960Jan316.43316.51
1959Dec315.59316.56
1959Nov314.80316.72
1959Oct313.26316.27
1959Sep313.84316.48
1959Aug314.80315.86
1959Jul316.55315.66
1959Jun318.16315.90
1959May318.29315.56
1959Apr317.72315.48
1959Mar316.71315.69
1959Feb316.38315.84
1959Jan315.62315.70
1958Dec314.67315.64
1958Nov313.33315.25
1958Oct312.61315.54
1958Sep313.20315.84
1958Aug314.93315.99
1958Jul315.86314.97
1958Jun317.11314.87
1958May317.50314.77
1958Apr317.45315.21
1958Mar315.71314.69
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