The Mauna Loa CO2 Observatory, the World's Longest Running Continuous CO2 Monitor, Has Shut.

[NNadir]

Mauna Loa eruption interrupts key record of atmospheric CO2

Subtitle:

The Mauna Loa Observatory has kept a nearly uninterrupted record of atmospheric carbon dioxide for more than 60 years, but a volcanic eruption has cut off power

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Trends in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

A note on the website:

Due to the eruption of the Mauna Loa Volcano, updates for Mauna Loa data have been suspended as of Nov. 29.

Bummer. I've been monitoring the weekly data for many years. It's an important resource. I hope the equipment is safe.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I hope the equipment is safe too, my dear NNadir.

Imagine all the thousands of hours that the technicians (?) worked to keep that info coming in.

And all the equipment they needed to do that, now threatened by the eruption.

I hope too.

[eppur_se_muova]

2. Gave me a scare -- I thought you meant *permanently* !

And of course I assumed Uglican chicanery ... but wondered how, if the new House hadn't been seated yet. Glad to see it's more mundane than that.

[NNadir]

3. From what I read, they're doing their best to restart nearby.

It seems that the power supply and road access for the eight members of the team is the main issue.

I haven't heard that the lab itself is threatened.

I worried all during the Trump years that we would lose it to ignorance.