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"The move to pull government resources from NOAA’s Arctic Report Card deals a significant blow to efforts to track the health of the Arctic, the region of the planet that has been most heavily affected by rising temperatures from rising greenhouse gases." via @eenews.bsky.social

eenews.netNOAA to end support for Arctic climate change reportThe authors were informed Monday of the action, which jeopardizes public dissemination of the report on the fast-changing region.

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@zacklabe.com trump obviously either does or does not understand the "russian question", the intelligence question regarding Russia's ability to outsmart the US based on intelligence. Knowledge especially regarding the Arctic are key to American military and commercial interests.

As you say in the article, the report card provided annual insights and documentation of the changes in the Arctic but how much did it ever influence the government and industry activities that are causing the Arctic to change? In theory bad grades in a report card should serve to motivate behavior.