Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬
Trump admin tries to kill the most indisputable evidence of human-caused #climatechange by shuttering #MaunaLoaObservatory
The curve produced by #MaunaLoa measurements is one of the most iconic charts in modern science, known as the #KeelingCurve, after Charles David Keeling, who was the researcher who painstakingly collected the data. His son, Ralph Keeling, a professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, now oversees collecting and updating data.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/01/climate/trump-cuts-mauna-loa-keeling
Trump admin tries to kill the most indisputable evidence of human-caused climate change by shuttering observatory

The Mauna Loa laboratory in Hawaii has measured atmospheric carbon dioxide, which — along with other planet-warming pollution — has led directly to climate change, driving sea level rise, supercharging weather and destroying food systems.

CNN
Jul 4, 2025 at 10:04amWeb
Show threadDreyJul 4, 2025
@BenjaminHCCarr - And Trump still thinks that our earth is still FLAT.
Show threadIcanbobJul 4, 2025
@BenjaminHCCarr As a retired FOSS developer, how hard would it be to recreate an open source/off the shelf replacement? Might not be as accurate but as engineers say in the very old joke “it might be close enough”.