I am now hearing from multiple folks in the past two hours (including some who have personally been fired) that mass firings have now commenced within NOAA--including, yes, at the National Weather Service.
Why does science need government funding?
What are the impacts to the US of cutting polar science?
@zhonggg.bsky.social paints the picture here
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/c...
This is a fascinating story! After publishing her work on short-term ice *shelf* growth, @juliaandreasen.bsky.social saw that her paper was being shared misleadingly by an anti-science crowd, falsely claiming it showed ice *sheet* growth that disproved climate change. Read her story and her advice:
Has your science ever been twisted, misrepresented, or taken wildly out of context? My latest Eos article dives into how I navigated this whirlwind—and what it taught me. Check it out (published this morning)!
