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esalman ◴[] No.44452200[source]
NOAA released their budget estimate for FY 2026. Someone in our org ran it by copilot to summarize the impacts:

* NOAA eliminates most climate, weather, and ocean labs and grants, causing major layoffs and loss of research capacity.

* National climate research infrastructure is lost, with staff reductions.

* Regional climate services, adaptation, and heat health programs end.

* All climate research grants are cut.

* Foundational ocean observation and Great Lakes research are terminated.

* Sea Grant support for coastal resilience and aquaculture ends.

* Aquaculture research and ocean science partnerships are stopped.

* Funding for uncrewed systems R&D is eliminated.

* Research computing for climate/ocean modeling is reduced or lost.

* Many programs shift to operational focus (NOS/NWS), with layoffs in OAR.

* Regional ocean observing systems and applied coastal research are ended, with grant losses and layoffs.

* State coastal management, resilience, and estuarine reserve grants are terminated.

* Support for coral reef grants and marine sanctuaries is reduced; no new sanctuaries.

* Species/habitat research, salmon recovery, and habitat restoration programs are cut, with major layoffs.

* Satellite/data services are reduced, with staff cuts.

* NOAA Office of Education is closed; mission support staff reduced.

* Overall, there is a major workforce reduction and elimination of many programs.

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3D30497420 ◴[] No.44453440[source]
Speed-running global warming with our eyes closed. Fun.
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rekabis ◴[] No.44461648[source]
Right when warming has accelerated dramatically, too, such that we will see more warming in the next 10 years than we have in the last 40.

Those cuts couldn’t have come at a better time. /s

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mike_hearn ◴[] No.44462256[source]
Where do you see that warming has accelerated dramatically? NOAAs graphs don't show that.
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1. wickedsight ◴[] No.44462757[source]
> NOAAs graphs don't show that

Good one...

Luckily, there's more in the world than NOAA. If you just search 'global warming accelerating' on Google, there are plenty of sources. I can't seem to find the 'more in the next 10 than the previous 40' stat and 'dramatically' is obviously subjective, but it doesn't look great.

If you look at some predictions from people specializing in permafrost methane ejections, it looks pretty bad even.

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2. mike_hearn ◴[] No.44466727[source]
We're talking about recorded data, not predictions. If you think NOAA's data is wrong then it seems like a good reason to support taking down those climate reports?