Take a long hard look at this graphic, the longest continuous direct measurement of atmospheric carbon dioxide. This is the famous Keeling Curve from the station atop Mauna Loa, Hawaii.
Trump and the GOP are closing the observatory.
https://scripps.ucsd.edu/bluemoon/co2_400/mlo_full_record.png
@petergleick So, only two of those data points are from the Mauna Loa Observatory? Am I missing something? Powerful visual for climate change generally, but not a great graphic selection to defend the observatory itself. Why not build the chart using readings taken exlusively from this observatory?
I appreciate that it takes all sorts of data points to arrive confidently at these ones, and I believe climate change is largely manmade. I just don't think is going to sway anyone new.
@GrandTheftUrkel @petergleick Mauna Kea != Mauna Loa
The blue dots are from Mauna Kea, all the black ones are from Mauna Loa.
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