Time is power

How duration shapes who decides. Part 4 of a five-part series.

The Mauna Loa Observatory, stationed at 3,397 meters on the north flank of Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano, has been monitoring atmospheric change since the late 1950s. (The Science Diplomat)

Power in global science governance is built into who can operate, measure, access systems, and persist. This series examines those dynamics in five parts, continuing her…