Le plus long enregistrement des concentrations de CO2, à la station de Mauna Loa, ininterrompu depuis 1958, est menacé par des coupes budgétaires. Le responsable du projet a recours au crowdfunding.
Why the Keeling Curve deserves public support
▻http://www.theguardian.com/science/political-science/2014/jan/07/why-the-keeling-curve-deserves-public-support
You might have missed it amongst the lights, mince pies and fuss over Turing, but on Christmas Eve, Ralph Keeling appealed for financial support as the Scripps CO2 and O2 Program he directs is threatened with closure.
That’s Ralph Keeling of Keeling Curve fame. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, let me share its story, because it’s interesting, important and woefully under-told. The Keeling Curve is the world’s longest unbroken record of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations. It’s called Keeling after Charles D. Keeling, who began the measurements in 1958, and is the father of Ralph who now runs the programme. And it is curved because it’s going up. When the project started, the measurements were 317 parts per million, we’re currently skirting around 400, having first hit that particular milestone back in May.