Volcano Eruption Shuts Down Crucial Climate Change Monitoring Site
The Mauna Loa Observatory in 2019.Photo: Susan Cobb/NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory (AP)The eruption Mauna Loa in Hawaiihas temporarily disrupted one of the most important tools we have to keep track of CO2 emissions in the atmosphere.The Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego said Tuesday that the volcano’s lava flows had impacted the access road to the Mauna Loa Observatory, and the facility had lost power on Monday evening. As a result, the equipment used to maintain the Observatory’s carbon dioxide…