{"id":355302,"date":"2024-12-19T08:04:38","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T07:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=355302"},"modified":"2024-12-19T08:04:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T07:04:40","slug":"anxious-noaa-scientists-feel-trumps-target-on-their-back-drop-climate-change-and-call-it-air-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=355302","title":{"rendered":"Anxious NOAA scientists feel Trump\u2019s \u201ctarget on their back\u201d, drop climate change and call it \u201cair-quality\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"345\" data-attachment-id=\"355306\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=355306\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/02020-Second-Hottest-Year-on-Record.webp?fit=2240%2C1068&amp;ssl=1\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/02020-Second-Hottest-Year-on-Record.webp?resize=1024%2C488&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/02020-Second-Hottest-Year-on-Record.webp?resize=300%2C143&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/02020-Second-Hottest-Year-on-Record.webp?resize=768%2C366&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/02020-Second-Hottest-Year-on-Record.webp?resize=1536%2C732&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/02020-Second-Hottest-Year-on-Record.webp?resize=2048%2C976&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/02020-Second-Hottest-Year-on-Record.webp?resize=1200%2C572&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/02020-Second-Hottest-Year-on-Record.webp?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/02020-Second-Hottest-Year-on-Record.webp?w=2169&amp;ssl=1 2169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/joannenova.com.au\/2024\/12\/anxious-noaa-scientists-feel-a-target-on-their-back-drop-climate-change-and-call-it-air-quality\/\">JoNova<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Jo Nova<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" data-attachment-id=\"355304\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=355304\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0ai-generated-city-ruins-dystopia-air-quality.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0ai-generated-city-ruins-dystopia-air-quality\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0ai-generated-city-ruins-dystopia-air-quality.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0ai-generated-city-ruins-dystopia-air-quality.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-355304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0ai-generated-city-ruins-dystopia-air-quality.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0ai-generated-city-ruins-dystopia-air-quality.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0ai-generated-city-ruins-dystopia-air-quality.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0ai-generated-city-ruins-dystopia-air-quality.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0ai-generated-city-ruins-dystopia-air-quality.jpg?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0ai-generated-city-ruins-dystopia-air-quality.jpg?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0ai-generated-city-ruins-dystopia-air-quality.jpg?resize=450%2C450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0ai-generated-city-ruins-dystopia-air-quality.jpg?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0ai-generated-city-ruins-dystopia-air-quality.jpg?resize=550%2C550&amp;ssl=1 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">And so it begins, scientists start peeling off the climate change labels from the ideology<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Trump clean-out has not even started and the bow wave is washing off some of the faded advertising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just as ESG and DEI are quietly disappearing into the bushes, soon, \u201cclimate change\u201d will vanish too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One day most scientists will say \u201cwe always knew it was overdone\u201d. But right now, brave scientists are&nbsp;<del>sticking to their beliefs<\/del>&nbsp;\u2026 playing the victim card and adopting new advertising to keep their funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/dec\/15\/scientists-climate-denial-trump\">Anxious scientists brace for Trump\u2019s climate denialism: \u2018We have a target on our backs\u2019<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oliver Milman,<em>&nbsp;The Guardian<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The prospect of an even more ideologically driven&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/trump-administration\">Trump administration<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/feb\/06\/trump-climate-change-fossil-fuels-second-term\">slashing budgets<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2024\/nov\/11\/environmental-protection-agency-staff-react-trump-second-term\">mass-firing federal staff<\/a>&nbsp;has given America\u2019s scientific community a sort of collective anxiety attack. \u201cWe all feel like we have a target on our backs,\u201d said one National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientist, who added that&nbsp;<strong>agency staff are already seeking to \u201cpivot\u201d by replacing mentions of the climate crisis with more acceptable terms such as \u201cair quality\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy god, it\u2019s so depressing,\u201d said another federal scientist about the incoming administration. A doctoral candidate, when asked about entering the workforce under Trump, simply puffed her cheeks and groaned. \u201cIf someone offered me a departmental position now, I\u2019d jump,\u201d said one Nasa researcher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s not like modern science is a lap-dog serving whoever feeds them the biggest biscuits\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Science is in such a crisis, even<em>&nbsp;the Guardian<\/em>&nbsp;staff realize something is wrong:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But scientists in the US face a broader crisis beyond the next president, amid a swirl of misinformation and declining trust in the profession among the American public. Overall trust in scientists has fallen by 10% since the pandemic,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/science\/2024\/11\/14\/public-trust-in-scientists-and-views-on-their-role-in-policymaking\/\">Pew polling has shown<\/a>,\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the AGU President, who helped turn science into a religion, accidentally explains some of it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen we get that kind of polling data, it is concerning,\u201d acknowledged&nbsp;Lisa Graumlich, a paleoclimatologist and the current AGU president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe conspiracy theories are out there, the misinformation is there,\u201d said Graumlich. \u201cSocial media engines and the algorithms can take a person that isn\u2019t necessarily prone to a conspiracy mindset and have them end up in this rabbit hole of misinformation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where was Graumlich when NASA and NOAA were spreading misinformation that science is done by groupthink and consensus? Or when they pretended evidence came from computer simulations of Earth, and not the real thing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>And yet, already, in&nbsp;<em>The Guardian<\/em>&nbsp;desert of journalism \u2014 one tiny sensible shoot appears:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some researchers think scientists should adapt to this hyper-partisan environment by sticking to unadorned facts, rather than anything that could be seen as campaigning.&nbsp;<strong>\u201cWe have been come to be seen as just another partisan lobbying group<\/strong>,\u201d said Ken Caldeira, a climate scientist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s a good start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">H\/t to Willie Soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alarmists must be feeling the shock,<br>As \u2018settled science\u2019 now hits a roadblock,<br>Fearing their climate pipe dreams,<br>Will come apart at the seams,<br>With Donald Trump in 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