Using its tracking equipment, the observatory recorded that the average amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere exceeded 400 parts per million (ppm) for the first time in 55 years of measurementâand quite probably the last three million years of Earthâs existence.n atmospheric observatory witnessed record levels of CO2 that may be the Earth's highest in the last three million years. Fossil fuels account for the proliferation of carbon dioxide in our environment.
The Emperor of Nihon-Ja. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Emperor of Nihon-Ja is the tenth instalment in the Ranger's Apprentice book series by Australian author John Flanagan. The book was released in Australia on 1 November 2010, in New Zealand on 5 November 2010, and in the United States on 16 April 2011. The name Nihon-Ja is based on the name of Japan; Nihon-Koku.
The work was initially intended by Tolkien to be one volume of a two-volume set, the other to be The Silmarillion, but this idea was dismissed by his publisher. For economic reasons The Lord of the Rings was published in three volumes over the course of a year from 29 July 1954 to 20 October 1955.