DOGE Wants NOAA Data To Be Erased
Keith’s note: If they can delete climate and Earth Science data at NOAA they can do the same thing to science data at NASA. According to this release from House Science Democrats: Ranking Members Condemn Trump Administration Plan to Shut Down NOAA Research Websites and Their Data: “Last night, reporting revealed that the Trump administration plans to shut down websites associated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) research division. President Trump and Commerce Secretary Lutnick plan to cancel the contracts of webservers that support these websites. If the websites are eliminated, the climate and weather data hosted on these sites would also be lost.” Update: NOAA research websites slated to go dark get a reprieve
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I’m sure there will been an unknown person currently at NOAA will have backup drive to preserve the website and data, and revive it in 4 years from now.
OR………..Could all of that data be migrated over to NASA?
There are ongoing efforts to save public data at risk https://www.datarescueproject.org/current-efforts/
Keep in mind the amount of data being discussed is quite large. These aren’t just a terabyte here and there, so it’s not as simple as one or two researchers making copies on their computers.
They won’t be happy until Americans have to pay for their weather data, no matter how important it is. Wanna know about a tornado heading your way? Pay up. Curtis where that hurricane is going? Pay up. Read The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis that describes the first trump term, he discusses attempts to do exactly that and now they’re in a better position to make it happen.