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Carbon dioxide levels continue to rise at South Pole

The U.N. says carbon dioxide is responsible for 80 percent of the warming effect on the planet's climate. The gas's effects are felt all over the world -- even at the South Pole, where scientists find increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the air. John Blackstone reports.
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