New Weekly CO2 Concentration Record Set at the Mauna Loa Observatory, 430.59 ppm

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4. Let me quote from an editorial in a recent issue of Environmental Science and Technology.

I came across it this morning. I thought about a separate post featuring it, and may, if I have time, still produce one. Here is the comment:

There is an old saying that “facts do not need you to believe them to be true”. This has never been more relevant. In an era where scientific research, particularly in environmental, health, and climate science, faces mounting political challenges, we must reaffirm that our work is not contingent on ideology but on the immutable laws of nature.

A molecule of carbon dioxide does not recognize political debates over international climate agreements. It will, however, contribute to climate change because of the fundamental physics governing the carbon–oxygen double bond. A molecule of methylene chloride does not consider economic arguments about regulatory limits, yet it will still be capable of causing cancer when it enters the human body. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, PCBs, pesticides, and heavy metals do not change their toxicity based on geopolitical preferences. The virulence of a pathogen is not determined by socially acceptable risk standards. The dangers these and other substances and organisms pose are dictated by their physical and chemical properties, indifferent to political rhetoric, economic debates, or national borders...

Apolitical Science Julie Beth Zimmerman, Gregory Lowry, Fernando Rosario-Ortiz, Paul Westerhoff, Daniel Alessi, Pedro Alvarez, Alexandra Boehm, Ian Cousins, Jordi Dachs, Matthew Eckelman, Imad El Haddad, Pablo Gago-Ferrero, Jorge Gardea-Torresdey, Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson, Keri Hornbuckle, Heileen Hsu-Kim, Juliane Hollender, Atsuko Ikeda, Frederic Leusch, Melissa Maurer-Jones, James Mihelcic, Shelly Miller, Lutgarde Raskin, Z. Jason Ren, Susan Richardson, Daniel Schlenk, Huahong Shi, Paul Tratnyek, David Waite, Shuxiao Wang, Zhanyun Wang, Michael Wong, and Sukhwan Yoon Environmental Science & Technology 2025 59 (13), 6355-6356

The Earth didn't become the center of the universe because the Pope threatened Galileo with the "Instruments of Torture." The destruction of the atmosphere won't be arrested by closing off data monitoring it, any more than it was saved by the reactionary impulse of making energy supplies dependent on the weather at precisely the time we destabilized the weather, no matter how much chanting went into this claim.

The numbers don't lie, and hiding the numbers won't change the physical realities that they measure.

The Mauna Loa Observatory has the longest continuous record of accurate and precise CO₂ measurements in the world. It's destruction by the intellectually, morally and ignorant people who are destroying the world economy and the United States is of course, a tragedy for all humanity, regrettably among a landslide of tragedies the ignorant and stupid in this country brought forth.