They discovered that, in the last glacial period, Earth experienced its highest CO2 increase: 14 parts per million in just 55 years. Not, our planet experiences that increase every five years.

I've been reading this and just can't get my head around the last bit. What are they trying to say? O.o

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 33 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

An increase that used to take 55 years now takes 5.

It's a typo. It's supposed to be "now" instead of "not"

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Thank you… the world makes sense again. I thought I was stroking out.

[–] MightBeAlpharius@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

It's either a typo, or a lot or sass for a PopSci article.

"Look at this huge, unparalleled rise in carbon levels millions of years ago, it's so huge... Psych! We do that every five years! Buckle in, buckaroo, things are about to get bad!"