Trump admin tries to kill the most indisputable evidence of human-caused climate change by shuttering observatory | CNN
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The Mauna Loa laboratory in Hawaii has measured atmospheric carbon dioxide, which — along with other planet-warming pollution — has led directly to climate change, driving sea level rise, supercharging weather and destroying food systems.
  • l_b_i@pawb.social
    17·
    1 month ago

    … but the administration would steer it instead towards being more focused on operational weather forecasting and warning responsibilities.

    Even for self serving goals and ignoring the future, don’t you need accurate climate models to accurately forecast the weather and issue warnings?

      • grue@lemmy.world
        8·
        1 month ago

        No, it’s stupider than that. Even the private forecasts rely on the NOAA infrastructure they’re shutting off, like observatories and satellites!

      • GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca
        5·
        1 month ago

        These are the people who think weather forecasters are just guessing right now. Why would they need access to satellites to guess?