Mauna Loa Observatory - Another CO2 Record

[terracore]

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.

"Our studies here at Kilauea show that the eruption discharges between 8,000 and 30,000 metric tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere each day." I wonder how much Mauna Loa is venting.

http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/volcanowatch/arch...02_15.html