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Higher carbon dioxide levels could muddle reasoning
Physics

Higher carbon dioxide levels could muddle reasoning

A group of scientists from the University of Colorado Boulder, the Colorado School of Public Health and the University of Pennsylvania has discovered proof that recommends higher CO2 levels in the future may unfavorably affect the psychological capacities of students in classrooms. The group has given an introduction at the current year's American Geophysical Union meeting outlining their research and published a paper depicting the discoveries on the EarthArXiv preprint server. People are currently pumping CO2 into the atmosphere at such a rate, that it is warming the atmosphere. However, as CO2 levels rise, everyone might be looked at with another issue—obfuscated thinking. Earlier research has indicated that higher-than-normal levels of CO2 can prompt cognitive issues. In this new ...