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NNadir

(38,540 posts)
Sat May 9, 2026, 09:27 AM May 9

It turns out there is an analytical reason we will not get a weekly data point at Mauna Loa for the 2nd time in half...

...a century. The last time was because of, I believe, the orange pedophile's shut down a few weeks back.

The data is being rejected because of a precision issue, probably an instrumental effect and not an effect of atmospheric instability.

The graphic of daily hourly readings demonstrates the problem:



Recent Daily Average Mauna Loa CO2

This may be a result of a lack of money to maintain the instrument or a lack of qualified service engineers, I don't know.

It couldn't happen at a worse time, as we are surely approaching the annual maximum.

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It turns out there is an analytical reason we will not get a weekly data point at Mauna Loa for the 2nd time in half... (Original Post) NNadir May 9 OP
The Administration proposes cutting their budget by 28% surfered May 9 #1
It's not the only science to be impacted by the orange pedophile's actions; among the many tragedies associated with... NNadir May 9 #2
The data point is officially lost. There is no update from last week. NNadir May 10 #3

NNadir

(38,540 posts)
2. It's not the only science to be impacted by the orange pedophile's actions; among the many tragedies associated with...
Sat May 9, 2026, 10:08 AM
May 9

...the deliberate destruction of American scientific preeminence by racist ignoramuses, it is a serious one however.

They're all serious actually.

This instrument, a cavity ring down spectrometer, is not incredibly expensive. One can get a good one for a few hundred thousand dollars.

This is a crime against humanity.

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