With the current configuration of earth's continents, global atmospheric co2 peaks in late april. imagine that all of earth's land mass was instead bunched tightly together around the north pole. assume that seasonal patterns of growth and respiration are otherwise the same, with summer occurring june-august in the northern hemisphere and december-february in the southern hemisphere. how will this new configuration affect seasonal swings in average global co2? seasonal swings would be larger, but co2 would still peak in late april. seasonal swings would be a little smaller, but co2 would now peak in late august. seasonal swings would be larger, but co2 would now peak in late august. seasonal swings would be much smaller, perhaps even undetectable.