The Mauna Loa Observatory, known for its measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide, would lose funding under the NOAA budget proposed by the Trump administration. Credit: NOAA Research , The Keeling Curve tracking steadily rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere came from data gathered at Mauna Loa. Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, CC BY-NC-ND What did , US to Shut Down Mauna Loa Climate Observatory The greenhouse effect was discovered more than 150 years ago and the first scientific paper linking carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere with climate change was published in 1896 ., A federal cost-cutting initiative may shut down the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) office that manages Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Observatory, a critical site for tracking atmospheric carbon dioxide levels.Austyn Gaffney reports for The New York Times.In short:The Mauna Loa Observato, "Slashdot regularly posts milestones on CO2 levels reported by the Mauna Loa Observatory," writes longtime Slashdot reader symbolset, pointing to a new article highlighting how the Trump administration's proposed budget would eliminate funding for the lab's carbon dioxide monitoring. "Continuous obs, .