micnd90 [he/him,any]

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Cake day: August 17th, 2020

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  • In this particular scenario, the purpose of NOAA global monitoring network is to provide baseline clean air measurements from around the world. This is for aerosols, ozone, various greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4, N2O) and their respective isotopes, ozone-depleting gases (CFCs, HCF, etc), and other trace gases (CO, COS, etc). We are not measuring air in polluted urban cities, those are up to local meteorological institute and universities, but we’ll gladly assist with the instrumentation and providing technical expertise if needed. To get background clean air you have to measure far away from polluted urban areas. Measuring air in the middle of the ocean also gives you a benefit that the air is well-mixed and somewhat representative of large areas on Earth. That’s why we have observatories in remote islands. The lines you see there are ship tracks from partners. Ships en route from Japan-New Zealand, New Zealand-US West coast, and US-East Coast to South Africa occasionally grab air samples for us.


  • NOAA runs the central calibration laboratory, and instruments to measure air flasks collected from around the world. The most famous product being the CO2 concentration “Keeling Curve” at Mauna Loa.

    The stations in other countries are mostly being run in cooperation with the local meterological institute in that country. But only the US has the might and logistics to collect samples from remote sites like American Samoa, Midway island, Ascension Island, Marshall Islands, and Antarctic sites (South Pole, Palmer Station, Drake Passage, etc.)











  • In EU general yes, many people survived SA charges and continue playing. But not in England where clubs pay tributes to social causes like blacklivesmatter, ukraine, etc.This one in particular is bad because it involves deceit and betrayal from the club, top to bottom. An excerpt from the breaking news:

    Thomas Partey, the former Arsenal footballer, has been charged with five counts ofremoved and one count of sexual assault, the Crown Prosecution Service has announced. The bombshell case leaves the Premier League club facing intense criticism for continuing to play him for almost three years in full knowledge of an investigation. Telegraph Sport had exclusively revealed in July 2022 how a Premier League international had been arrested but only now can his name be published

    Campaigners are dismayed by Arsenal’s failure to drop Partey while knowing he was under investigation. They point out in most industries professionals would be automatically suspended as soon as their employer learnt of serious criminal allegations. Partey, however, played 53 games last season alone for Arsenal, and racked up an additional 56 club appearances over the previous two seasons while on bail. He played three games at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Abuse from fans has followed him at stadiums throughout his time on bail, however, with his arrest becoming common knowledge despite media refraining from identifying him.

    The last sentence was damning.They had to alter/mute chants from opposing fans on TV broadcast. Having not lived in England, I thought after initial reports they either misidentified him, or he bust case, because its been 2.5 years. The chants were just banter in bad taste. They surpressed protests from internal fan group as well. But apparently Partey was just on bail this whole time, the coach, teammates, club owners, reporters, pundits, ex players like Ian Wright and Henry, they all know, and they all stayed hush like nothing happened for 2.5 years while the player earned 200k a week. They let Partey finish his contract, and now everyone at Arsenal had the balls to say “he’s not with us anymore, we had nothing to do with him.” They protected and worked with him this whole time knowing he was on bail for removed. In contrast, the kit man who expressed solidarity for Palestine was immediately fired. This is as gross as it gets.