Oceanographer, ocean policy wonk, Director @CSIS.org Ocean Security Project, Professor of Marine Affairs @universityofri.bsky.social, past @barackobama.bsky.social White House CEQ Ocean Policy Director, US Senate, @NOAA.gov, etc. etc.
Whitley Saumweber
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Good thread and window into OSW barriers in action
This is the destruction of federal funding for scientific research & universities as we know it. A total, comprehensive politicization of the process & an end run around Congress.
Another devastating loss of marine science capacity
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An intensely destructive proposal to US scientific freedom and capability
The unnerving part is not simply that a Godzilla El Niño may be arriving. It’s that we just came off a La Niña-like phase and 2025 still ranked among the hottest years ever measured.
El Niño is no longer landing on the old climate. It’s landing on this one.
This is a great thread, excellent post, and critical quote: “Our ability to be governed by reason rather than mobs is on the line.”
