In that context, Ho is sympathetic to the reasons climate scientists may not want to mention climate change, and to focus on something like air pollution instead. “It’s a safe thing to mention because it has nothing to do with climate change,” he says. “Air pollution is not one of the key words.”

“There’s a lot of uncertainty, there’s a lot of fear,” Ho adds. “And it shouldn’t be this way. Studying environmental sciences is about studying our life support system.”

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    83 months ago

    This should be their wakeup call to leave america

    They need to leave if they are fearing for their lives

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    103 months ago

    “First they came for the climate scientists, and I did not speak out because I was not a climate scientist”

    A hard truth for everyone in this thread: all of us who are doing anything less than actively resisting and defending them are complicit.

    What are you, person reading this right now, personally going to do to help?

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      63 months ago

      I’ve been to four protests so far, and the crowds are getting bigger. Not as big as they should be, but at the first protest there were half a dozen of us, and at the latest maybe a thousand.

      Anyone is invited. It’s invigorating to stand with other people who give a damn. Wear a warm jacket and leave your cell phone at home.

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    63 months ago

    I can’t hate on NOAA scientists (or CDC scientists) but the situation is intolerable, and they’re in a really bad place. How do they keep those institutions going and also pick a fight with the deranged billionaires that can’t wait to fire and sue them?

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    23 months ago

    Polution never caused any climate change. We imagined it. Just like we imagine that 2+2=4. It’s silly really.

    • Doug Holland
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      33 months ago

      “alterations to atmospheric conditions”

      12 syllables is more than MAGAts can figure out.