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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... [View all]
...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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