Just taking a moment in my laboratory this afternoon, staring at this investment of my time and love, and taxpayer dollars, and wondering what will become of the USian scientific enterprise as we cede our role in the world.
We are discontinuing sea ice monitoring.
https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/science/2025/05/07/trump-administration-is-ending-noaa-data-service-used-to-monitor-sea-ice-off-alaska/
We are discontinuing the natural hazard cost database.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/08/climate/noaa-ends-disaster-database
We are burying our head in the sand at the behest of a little weak king of whom everyone is afraid. Meanwhile the world rushes to save valuable scientific datasets.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250422-usa-scientists-race-to-save-climate-data-before-its-deleted-by-the-trump-administration
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