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Here's an explainer from meteorologist Sven Sundgaard about climate change fueling an extreme heat wave in the U.S. — and how severe storms could hit the Dakotas and Minnesota through Saturday. bringmethenews.com/minnesota-we...
August 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Here's an explainer from meteorologist Sven Sundgaard about climate change fueling an extreme heat wave in the U.S. — and how severe storms could hit the Dakotas and Minnesota through Saturday. bringmethenews.com/minnesota-we...
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The rapid decline of American science has few precedents in history, writes @rossandersen.bsky.social. We are witnessing an unparalleled act of self-sabotage:
How Scientific Empires End
And what it means for America
www.theatlantic.com
July 31, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The rapid decline of American science has few precedents in history, writes @rossandersen.bsky.social. We are witnessing an unparalleled act of self-sabotage:
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I stand for NOAA. But I can't stand being gaslighted by current comms staff (yes—just 'doing their job' and afraid of repercussions). They describe what will remain after SSMIS data ends as “the richest most accurate satellite weather observations available” (pics @michaelrlowry.bsky.social)
July 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I stand for NOAA. But I can't stand being gaslighted by current comms staff (yes—just 'doing their job' and afraid of repercussions). They describe what will remain after SSMIS data ends as “the richest most accurate satellite weather observations available” (pics @michaelrlowry.bsky.social)
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You can read Michael Lowry's full post on the impending end of the SSMIS data this week here: michaelrlowry.substack.com/p/navy-set-t...
Navy Set to Unplug Critical Hurricane Satellites this Week
Abrupt termination of satellite data by U.S. Department of Defense sends forecasters scrambling for a fix on the brink of the busiest stretch of the hurricane season
michaelrlowry.substack.com
July 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
You can read Michael Lowry's full post on the impending end of the SSMIS data this week here: michaelrlowry.substack.com/p/navy-set-t...
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Privatizing the National Weather Service and risking the lives of all Americans who depend on breaking severe weather forecasts to help billionaires make more money is very on-brand for the Trump administration.
op: jesscraven101 (via IG)
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July 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Privatizing the National Weather Service and risking the lives of all Americans who depend on breaking severe weather forecasts to help billionaires make more money is very on-brand for the Trump administration.
op: jesscraven101 (via IG)
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If the Trump administration is able to repeal the endangerment finding, it would not only erase all current limits on greenhouse gas pollution... It would prevent future administrations from trying to tackle climate change, with lasting implications.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...
E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
If the Trump administration is able to repeal the endangerment finding, it would not only erase all current limits on greenhouse gas pollution... It would prevent future administrations from trying to tackle climate change, with lasting implications.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...
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The separation of church and state isn’t about hostility to religion — it’s about preventing Christian nationalists like Mike Johnson from hijacking OUR government to impose THEIR personal beliefs on everyone else.
x.com/speakerjohns...
x.com/speakerjohns...
Speaker Mike Johnson on X: "The True Meaning of "The Separation of Church and State"" / X
The True Meaning of "The Separation of Church and State"
x.com
July 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The separation of church and state isn’t about hostility to religion — it’s about preventing Christian nationalists like Mike Johnson from hijacking OUR government to impose THEIR personal beliefs on everyone else.
x.com/speakerjohns...
x.com/speakerjohns...
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One of the comments that struck me in yesterday's call is how NOAA cuts are already affecting forecast capabilities. According to 45-year hurricane veteran Dr. Frank Marks, staff needed to fly NOAA Hurricane Hunters is down 50% this year. He's volunteering to pick up shifts to keep them running ⬇️
Top Hurricane Scientists Sound the Alarm on Looming NOAA Cuts
Long-time head of NOAA’s premier hurricane lab in Miami says proposed cuts would reduce forecast accuracy by as much as 40 percent
michaelrlowry.substack.com
July 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
One of the comments that struck me in yesterday's call is how NOAA cuts are already affecting forecast capabilities. According to 45-year hurricane veteran Dr. Frank Marks, staff needed to fly NOAA Hurricane Hunters is down 50% this year. He's volunteering to pick up shifts to keep them running ⬇️
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Now the first evidence of NOAA/NWS cuts impacting the life-saving mission emerges: Meteorologist in Charge, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, and Science Operations Officer positions vacant. Did not impact the warning process but may have impacted coordination. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u... 1/
As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas
www.nytimes.com
July 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Now the first evidence of NOAA/NWS cuts impacting the life-saving mission emerges: Meteorologist in Charge, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, and Science Operations Officer positions vacant. Did not impact the warning process but may have impacted coordination. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u... 1/
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I would "like to focus exclusively on the meteorological aspects of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season [...] but the unrelenting assault by the government on the storm monitoring and forecasting apparatus is too alarming to ignore."
My latest for @nbcmiami.com www.nbcmiami.com/weather/hurr...
My latest for @nbcmiami.com www.nbcmiami.com/weather/hurr...
The crippling of forecasting: John Morales on severe cuts to NOAA's budget as hurricane season carries on
“The unrelenting assault by the government on the storm monitoring and forecasting apparatus is too alarming to ignore.”
www.nbcmiami.com
July 3, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I would "like to focus exclusively on the meteorological aspects of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season [...] but the unrelenting assault by the government on the storm monitoring and forecasting apparatus is too alarming to ignore."
My latest for @nbcmiami.com www.nbcmiami.com/weather/hurr...
My latest for @nbcmiami.com www.nbcmiami.com/weather/hurr...
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As reported by other colleagues today, confirmation of the regime’s *proposed* NOAA budget, with over 200 scientists to be fired & numerous labs shut, including Miami’s AOML & Hurricane Research Division, and all CO2 monitoring stations. Another regressive act with deadly and costly implications.
July 1, 2025 at 2:04 AM
As reported by other colleagues today, confirmation of the regime’s *proposed* NOAA budget, with over 200 scientists to be fired & numerous labs shut, including Miami’s AOML & Hurricane Research Division, and all CO2 monitoring stations. Another regressive act with deadly and costly implications.
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DoD and NOAA ending access to real time satellite microwave data that weather forecasters consider crucial for determining how quickly hurricanes intensify. https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/messages/2025/06/MSG_20250625_1735.html https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/messages/2025/06/MSG_20250625_1735.html
June 26, 2025 at 11:47 PM
DoD and NOAA ending access to real time satellite microwave data that weather forecasters consider crucial for determining how quickly hurricanes intensify. https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/messages/2025/06/MSG_20250625_1735.html https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/messages/2025/06/MSG_20250625_1735.html
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"We’re back to tracking hurricanes like it’s 1999.
Except this isn’t a party. And people could die."
My latest column for @nbcmiami.com is about the latest blow in this country's incomprehensible affront to #science since January. www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/j...
Except this isn’t a party. And people could die."
My latest column for @nbcmiami.com is about the latest blow in this country's incomprehensible affront to #science since January. www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/j...
‘Lives and livelihoods at risk': John Morales' take on forecasters losing critical hurricane tool
The ability to peer under the clouds of a developing tropical cyclone is critically important for hurricane specialists.
www.nbcmiami.com
June 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"We’re back to tracking hurricanes like it’s 1999.
Except this isn’t a party. And people could die."
My latest column for @nbcmiami.com is about the latest blow in this country's incomprehensible affront to #science since January. www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/j...
Except this isn’t a party. And people could die."
My latest column for @nbcmiami.com is about the latest blow in this country's incomprehensible affront to #science since January. www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/j...
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Absolutely unhinged statement from a government agency. All that paused grant funding was highly vetted by peer reviewers. The damage being done to our science infrastructure will take decades (if we are lucky) to undo.
NIH statement, per @ryanequinn.bsky.social: "There is no Federal funding for unvetted woke 'research' at Columbia. Any minimal disbursements that presently exist are for specific measures, including to wind down the grant entirely."
June 18, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Absolutely unhinged statement from a government agency. All that paused grant funding was highly vetted by peer reviewers. The damage being done to our science infrastructure will take decades (if we are lucky) to undo.
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My latest for American Scientist Magazine helps give scientists the tools to fight back against politicized charges that our research is silly or pointless- tools that will work whether you’re asked “why are we funding this” from your asshole uncle at Thanksgiving or an asshole US Senator.
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“Why Are We Funding This?”
Long-standing myths about “silly science” have contributed to the reckless slashing of government-supported research.
www.americanscientist.org
June 17, 2025 at 9:47 PM
My latest for American Scientist Magazine helps give scientists the tools to fight back against politicized charges that our research is silly or pointless- tools that will work whether you’re asked “why are we funding this” from your asshole uncle at Thanksgiving or an asshole US Senator.
🧪🌎
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June 7, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺
June 3, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺
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US climate scientists need all the help they can get. Including from foul-mouthed comedians! 🤡😱😱
Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated".
#climate #arresteddevelopment #climatescience
Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated".
#climate #arresteddevelopment #climatescience
June 2, 2025 at 11:55 AM
US climate scientists need all the help they can get. Including from foul-mouthed comedians! 🤡😱😱
Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated".
#climate #arresteddevelopment #climatescience
Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated".
#climate #arresteddevelopment #climatescience
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🎺🚨👀 WATCH TODAY: over 200 climate scientists and meteorologists (including NOAA and NASA veterans) are hosting a 100-hour livestream starting **today at 1 PM ET**, exploring how DOGE is impacting weather & climate science.
Trailer: youtu.be/-Go-RCg3AjI
Watch: wclivestream.com/watch
Trailer: youtu.be/-Go-RCg3AjI
Watch: wclivestream.com/watch
Weather and climate science needs your help
YouTube video by The Weather & Climate Livestream
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May 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
🎺🚨👀 WATCH TODAY: over 200 climate scientists and meteorologists (including NOAA and NASA veterans) are hosting a 100-hour livestream starting **today at 1 PM ET**, exploring how DOGE is impacting weather & climate science.
Trailer: youtu.be/-Go-RCg3AjI
Watch: wclivestream.com/watch
Trailer: youtu.be/-Go-RCg3AjI
Watch: wclivestream.com/watch
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SCOOP from me: the mass exodus of employees from NOAA is decimating a tiny office that literally keeps our measurements of latitude and longitude accurate — and, former employees tell me, endangers the science of how the US understands global measurements:
Trump Cuts Are Killing a Tiny Office That Keeps Measurements of the World Accurate
A tiny but crucial agency that maintains physical coordinates like latitude and longitude in the US is struggling as the Trump administration forces out federal employees.
www.wired.com
May 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
SCOOP from me: the mass exodus of employees from NOAA is decimating a tiny office that literally keeps our measurements of latitude and longitude accurate — and, former employees tell me, endangers the science of how the US understands global measurements:
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May 7, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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The potential loss of the world’s greatest climate forecasting tool has ramifications for long-term safety and security.
NOAA’s climate modeling systems help the Defense Department not just operate but anticipate and prepare for emerging threats.
By @abrahm.bsky.social
NOAA’s climate modeling systems help the Defense Department not just operate but anticipate and prepare for emerging threats.
By @abrahm.bsky.social
White House Proposal Could Gut Climate Modeling the World Depends On
Potential funding cuts for NOAA and its research partners threaten irreparable harm not only to climate research but to American safety, competitiveness, and national security.
www.propublica.org
April 27, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The potential loss of the world’s greatest climate forecasting tool has ramifications for long-term safety and security.
NOAA’s climate modeling systems help the Defense Department not just operate but anticipate and prepare for emerging threats.
By @abrahm.bsky.social
NOAA’s climate modeling systems help the Defense Department not just operate but anticipate and prepare for emerging threats.
By @abrahm.bsky.social
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They are not part of normal discourse. BUT "Skew-T" diagrams that come from soundings w weather balloons are *irreplaceable* as guides to weather in general, dangerous weather in particular.
Pilots use them for icing/clouds. Everyone else, for tornado/ derecho/ etc alerts.
Now being cut. Insanity
Pilots use them for icing/clouds. Everyone else, for tornado/ derecho/ etc alerts.
Now being cut. Insanity
April 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
They are not part of normal discourse. BUT "Skew-T" diagrams that come from soundings w weather balloons are *irreplaceable* as guides to weather in general, dangerous weather in particular.
Pilots use them for icing/clouds. Everyone else, for tornado/ derecho/ etc alerts.
Now being cut. Insanity
Pilots use them for icing/clouds. Everyone else, for tornado/ derecho/ etc alerts.
Now being cut. Insanity
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Sven Sundgaard: NOAA’s weather balloon cuts are a forecasting nightmare.
Here's why it matters: bringmethenews.com/minnesota-we...
Here's why it matters: bringmethenews.com/minnesota-we...
Sven Sundgaard: NOAA’s weather balloon cuts are a forecasting nightmare
Meteorologist Sven Sundgaard weighs in on the significance of fewer weather balloon launches.
bringmethenews.com
March 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Sven Sundgaard: NOAA’s weather balloon cuts are a forecasting nightmare.
Here's why it matters: bringmethenews.com/minnesota-we...
Here's why it matters: bringmethenews.com/minnesota-we...