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Energy chief suggests Trump administration is altering previously published climate reports | CNN Wright said the Trump administration is updating the National Climate Assessments that have been previously published, which the administration recently removed from government websites.

The sharpie is out as facts are buried with revisionist zeal. www.cnn.com/2025/08/07/c...

Our daily weather forecast is under threat from Trump cuts to US climate agencies US President Donald Trump's proposed cuts to US weather and climate services will cause the loss of critical data Australia relies on for its weather and climate modelling.

Great article by Tyne Logan on the potential impacts of US cuts in weather and climate observations, research and modelling. But planning ahead will reduce the impacts.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

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Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.

The anti-science Trumpers may be planning to destroy two working satellites that provide vital measurements about carbon dioxide & climate (and data that forecasts crop yield, drought conditions, & more). They cost $750 million to make but only $15 million/yr to operate.
www.npr.org/2025/08/04/n...

An important perspective for national
climate and weather security.

Are you a top US-based scientist wanting to relocate to Australia? We are now calling for formal applications from both Australian and non-Australian citizens based in the US whose work is internationally recognised as exceptional.
📅 Applications close: Aug 29, 2025
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As US climate data-gathering is gutted, Australian forecasting is now at real risk For decades, Australia has relied on data from US satellites, floats and monitoring programs. Planned deep cuts put Australian forecasting at risk

theconversation.com/as-us-climat...

Europe is breaking its reliance on American science European governments are taking steps to break their dependence on critical scientific data the United States historically made freely available to the world, and are ramping up their own data collection systems to monitor climate change and weather extremes, according to Reuters interviews.

European governments are breaking their dependence on scientific data the United States used to make freely available, ramping up their data collection systems to monitor climate change & weather extremes. Now we’re just giving away our leadership positions.

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

“More than the sum of its parts”: Japan-Australia brains-trust charts future for Antarctic science - AAPP Scientists plan joint research projects in Antarctica and Southern Ocean

Eighty world-leading scientists map out the near-future of joint research between Japan and Australia in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.

aappartnership.org.au/more-than-th...

@utas.edu.au @anthonypress.bsky.social @imas-utas.bsky.social @csiro.bsky.social

That’s a grim take on things - I wish it was further from reality than it is.

Position Statement—Australia’s scientific leadership in Antarctica Antarctic and Southern Ocean science is critical to understanding and responding to climate change and safeguarding Australia’s national interests.

We welcome the Australian Academy of Science’s position statement on Australia’s scientific leadership in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.
It calls for urgent, ambitious, and strategic action backed by whole-of-government support and sustainable funding.
🔗Read statement: buff.ly/orUA3QO

Depending on your desired outcome “wasted” and “stupidity” might be replaced with antonyms. 🙁

As US climate data-gathering is gutted, Australian forecasting is now at real risk For decades, Australia has relied on data from US satellites, floats and monitoring programs. Planned deep cuts put Australian forecasting at risk

theconversation.com/as-us-climat...

As US climate data-gathering is gutted, Australian forecasting is now at real risk For decades, Australia has relied on data from US satellites, floats and monitoring programs. Planned deep cuts put Australian forecasting at risk

Our article on the impacts US cuts to NOAA/NASA/NSF could have on Australian and global weather and climate and oceans monitoring and forecasting - and the steps Australia needs to protect itself. Written with a significant group of amazing co-authors

theconversation.com/as-us-climat...

As US climate data-gathering is gutted, Australian forecasting is now at real risk For decades, Australia has relied on data from US satellites, floats and monitoring programs. Planned deep cuts put Australian forecasting at risk

Here, led by @windjunky.bsky.social, we look at the risk to weather forecasts and climate prediction arising from US cuts, and what Australia needs to do.

theconversation.com/as-us-climat...

Opinion | Why U.S. dominance at sea is shrinking The U.S. still has an advantage on the waves, but ocean science needs more — not less — investment.

Read this from @pdemenocal.bsky.social, @msleinen.bsky.social, and John Richardson, retired Navy admiral, whose son was my student, about how investing in ocean science is not just about curiosity, but about ensuring our future readiness, resilience, and national security. 🌊

Worse than suppression: trying to wreck concerted action and in the process increasing climate change harm to humanity. The actions of a pariah state that needs to be excised and isolated.

Thanks Tony. A wise, egalitarian and encouraging statesman. Sorely missed.

“Everyone working together”. *everyone* ??

Still trying to understand why there’s no mandate for including greens - but there is (apparently) for the rest of the cross bench??
Maybe some of the cross bench might see this as problematic for a representative democratic response.

Ha indeed!
At the very least, you’d think that the fear of calling another election would give the cross bench strong leverage. Of course, a way out would be for one major to have an (implicit?) support deal with the other!! Last at least long enough for some legislation and sod-turning‽

Scientists discover long-lost giant rivers that flowed across Antarctica up to 80 million years ago Large flat surfaces carved by ancient rivers deep beneath the East Antarctica are influencing how ice flows across the continent today, according to a new study.

Interesting reading...'Scientists discover long-lost giant rivers that flowed across Antarctica up to 80 million years ago'

doi.org/10.1038/s415...

| is shorthand for “or”. Not suggesting 3 person Premiership.
And also not suggesting that another independent or green couldn’t be in the lead, but without a like minded grouping and experience it’s harder to picture.

#politas hypothetical:
No majority for Lib/Lab and neither can get a compliant enough (non-green) X-bench agreement. Peter G|David O’B|Krisitie J offer to lead a cross-party cabinet, forcing a major to agree or be the pariah that sends state back to the polls (surely a death wish). Possible?

Official flagged possible botulism link to dead birds. A Tasmanian government official queried whether the deaths of 20 birds at a salmon farm could have been due to botulism caused by rancid fish feed.

Morning all. Don’t eat farmed salmon. tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/senior-...

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Wikipedia

ECREE

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RealClimate: Ocean circulation going South? RealClimate: Some intriguing new measurements of salinity in the oceans around Antarctica have set off reams of sensationalist speculations. Maybe some context is helpful... What we've been seeing The...

RealClimate: Ocean circulation going South? www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...

I’ve reconsidered your point, chastened - I had a hard look, and if I start with favourites with a decent chance, skip those who will already redistributed or have a quota, then *7* prefs works!
Beyond that there’s literally nobody I care about getting my residual vote so exhaust is ok.

An exciting new study from our group, led by @polarguy.bsky.social, sheds light on the ancient pre-glacial landscape beneath East Antarctica and how an extensive network of fluvial surfaces has modulated subsequent ice sheet response to climate. Read more here! 👇❄️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Commiserations. I agree about choice - at least for policy and quality. I just like the idea that as many people as possible preference as far as possible and make Hare Clark do its magic!