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NNadir

(33,368 posts)
Sun Jan 26, 2020, 07:46 AM Jan 2020

We briefly set an all time new record for CO2 concentrations at Mauna Loa in January(!!) 415.79 ppm.

Because we are supremely uninterested in doing anything serious at all about climate change beyond offering silly platitudes about what so called "renewable energy" will do "by [insert some year 20 or 30 years off here]," a new all time record for carbon dioxide concentrations measured is set every year.

As I often note in this space the readings are sinusoidal, superimposed on a steadily rising slightly less than linear axis, as this graphic, which I often reproduce, from the Mauna Loa website shows:



Every year, like clockwork, a new all time record is set in May.

I check the Mauna Loa website weekly on Sundays to update my spreadsheet for weekly year-to-year increases, and this morning the data isn't up yet, so I went over to the daily readings, and to my surprise, found this:

Recent Daily Average Mauna Loa CO2 (Accessed 1/26/2020, 6:29 am)



January 24: Unavailable
January 23: Unavailable
January 22: 414.08 ppm
January 21: 415.79 ppm
January 20: 413.25 ppm
Last Updated: January 25, 2020


For weekly data, the all time records at Mauna Loa are these for the last few years:

For 2015, set in the week of May 3, 404.11 ppm
For 2016, set in the week of May 22, 408.31 ppm
For 2017, set in the week of May 14, 410.36 ppm
For 2018, set in the week of May 13, 411.85 ppm
For 2019, set in the week of May 12, 415.39 ppm

I don't record the daily data, and there may have been higher daily spikes in the past; I don't know.

Nevertheless, to the best of my recollection, I have never seen any data point as high as 415.79 which I put bold above, as recorded on January 21 of 2020.

It may be related to the Australian fires, and may represent to some extent statistical noise, but, still, this is very, very, very scary, unbelievably scary, particularly to see it in January.

If any of this troubles you, don't worry, be happy. Head over to the E&E forum to read all about some pristine wilderness being torn apart to make roads for trucks delivering huge steel towers for the latest wind farm, which will be illiterately discussed with the fraudulent unit "megawatts." This destruction of pristine wilderness areas has nothing to do with the environment, and nothing to do with climate change, but it's very popular stuff in modern advertising and makes everyone feel all warm and fuzzy, except, perhaps, me.

Have a pleasant Sunday.
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