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Given that the atmospheric burden of carbon dioxide increases by about 2.8 Gigatonnes annually, calculate the annual increase in its concentration on the ppm scale. Note that the atmospheric mass = 5.1E21g; air's average molar mass = 29.0 g mole-1.

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