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WHAT? They are trying to divert lava?
They sure are. Somebody thought it would work, especially when you see the size and effort that went into building it. Here's an aerial photo:
http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-aerial-...24333.html
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God laughs when man makes plans (and lava barriers)...
Puna: Our roosters crow first
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He won't be laughing when our AI evolves past his comprehension and assimilates him. In the meantime, we'll just have to do what we can.
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fwiw, the hottest temp ever recorded in historic times????, was over one hundred years ago. 1913.. kinda debunks the planet getting hotter, in a way.... and were at the end of the Quaternary Glaciation at this time.... there is evidence of 3 ice ages on the Big Island alone up on Mauna Kea.... people are building cities where there should never be cities, below sealevel, or in areas of common triple digits and only because of pumps and airconditioning... now they complain about natural disasters or droughts.... thats part of the prob.. ie in US, Vegas, Phoenix, New Orleans, etc.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaternary_glaciation
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save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha
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save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha
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One hot day in one single location is not the same type of measurement as what NASA is measuring when they say "hottest recorded month". I'm not clear what other type of point you're trying to make about "part of the problem" is where people live. Because it's not. The temperature data is based on surface averages around the globe. They are not single points like your 1913 example.
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They take measurements on top of Mauna Loa because it's the best place to do it.
Same reason why they observe the stars from on top of Mauna Kea.
But some people, like Gypsy, are against that.
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"They take measurements on top of Mauna Loa because it's the best place to do it. "
"Best place" may depend on one's agenda.
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In February another all time record for CO2 was reached, 411.66 ppm. Keep in mind higher readings generally occur later in the year so it’s possible we could set more records for 2019.
... meteorologists in the United Kingdom have predicted that carbon dioxide levels in 2019 will increase at a faster clip than in the last two years.
Scientists have warned that the growth rate of carbon dioxide levels is accelerating.
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2019/03/07/...ew-record/
If that’s not enough to keep you awake at night, a new book was just released describing climate events, The Uninhabitable Earth:
It is worse, much worse, than you think. If your anxiety about global warming is dominated by fears of sea-level rise, you are barely scratching the surface of what terrors are possible.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0525576703/?coliid=I2I0Q0XZ2SSYA&colid=EEHCWFX5P1R2&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it
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While I'm no scientist, the last two times I saw headlines about high CO2 at Mauna Loa they were during times the trade winds had died down. I'm sure it was just coincidence that the lack of winds and the CO2 censors being only a few miles from one of the largest (if not the largest) continuous CO2 vents in the world contributed to the higher readings.
It's not coincidence, it's because CO2 is highest in the northern hemisphere winter - i.e. the same time of year that the trade winds die down - due to the lower photosynthesis going on around the world, together with more fuel being burned (since there is both a lot more vegetated area and a lot more people who need winter heat in the northern hemisphere than in the southern). The CO2 measurement always goes up in the winter and down in the summer by a few ppm. The difference now is that it never goes back down to where it was the year before.
