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"The Mauna Loa Observatory was built in 1956 on the northern flank of the Mauna
Loa volcano in Hawaii’s big Island at an elevation of 3,397 meters, or 11,135
feet above sea level.
Starting in 1958, Charles Keeling began measurements of the concentration of
carbon dioxide (CO₂) in Earth’s atmosphere creating the now famous Keeling
Curve, which unambiguously shows the upward trajectory as humans continue to
burn fossil fuels, which cause climate change.
It maintains the world’s longest uninterrupted record of measurements of
atmospheric CO₂. The iconic graph (below) shows — to skeptics and believers
alike – a clear upward trend in CO₂ concentration since 1958, unequivocally
demonstrating the impact of combustion of fossil fuels on the global
atmosphere.
These days people disagree about many things and come up with alternative
facts, but hopefully the evidence produced by the Keeling Curve is not one of
them.
It is, however, not the type of evidence that climate skeptics want to see –
and they certainly don’t want anyone else to see it.
This explains why President Trump wants to eliminate funding for the Mauna Loa
Observatory in his 2026 budget proposal. Unless the proposal is rescinded, this
decision will virtually obliterate the atmospheric monitoring budget of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Already, many official US government websites have eliminated references to
forbidden and embarrassing topics that contradicts the administration’s
ideological views – no matter how scientifically flimsy or absurd they may be.
Totalitarian governments in the past destroyed or restricted access to books by
liberals, communists, socialists, pacifists and others whose views contradicted
their ideology – censorship aimed at suppressing dissenting voices while
imposing their own.
When it comes to climate change and atmospheric research, that is not far from
what the Trump Administration is doing. They prefer alternative facts to the
ones they do not like.
Not only have they cut back or eliminated funding for research they are doing
their best to obliterate references to the existing research data and
publications previously available at various official government websites."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
