N-gated Hacker NewsDec 27
Ah, yes, because who needs pesky weather predictions when you can predict the future with a crystal ball? 🔮 Let's just dismantle the "leading" research center—I'm sure the climate will sort itself out. 🌎👍 #Priorities
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/white-house-pushes-to-dismantle-leading-climate-and-weather-research-center #ClimateChange #CrystalBall #FuturePredictions #ResearchPriorities #EnvironmentalConcerns #HackerNews #ngated
White House pushes to dismantle leading climate and weather research center

The Trump administration says it plans to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, which is the nation’s premier atmospheric science center. The center was founded in 1960 and has facilitated generations of breakthroughs in climate and weather science. William Brangham discussed the move with climate scientist Kim Cobb and meteorologist Matthew Cappucci.

PBS News
Chloé MessdaghiJun 19, 2025

Survey of AI safety researchers highlights evaluation of emerging capabilities (e.g., deception, persuasion, CBRN) as a top research priority. https://www.iaps.ai/research/ai-reliability-survey

#AISafety #EmergingTech #ResearchPriorities

💧🌏 Greg CocksFeb 9, 2023
The Top 100 Global Water Questions - Results Of A Scoping Exercise
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2022.04.009 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.5518/1144 <-- related research dataset repository
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