A resolution commemorating the 69th anniversary of the continuous operations of the Mauna Loa Observatory.

Honoring Mauna Loa Observatory’s 69 years of continuous atmospheric monitoring. This resolution would commemorate that milestone and recognize the Mauna Loa Observatory as an atmospheric baseline station in NOAA’s Earth System Research Laboratories. It would note the observatory’s continuous operation since 1956 and its role in documenting rising global carbon dioxide. The text highlights long-term measurements of greenhouse gases, ozone, aerosols, and solar radiation, notes hundreds of hosted research programs, reaffirms support for the observatory’s four Hawaii Island sites, and honors Mauna Loa’s cultural significance to Native Hawaiians.