From my Nature World View article just released:

"There have always been risks to scientists for speaking out, but in the spring of 2025 in the USA, those risks have never been so high. Perhaps for this very reason, the risks of remaining silent are even greater, which makes it urgent that those of us who are capable and able to speak out do so. If we allow the destruction of US science by this administration, then massive local and global environmental threats will not be identified and addressed; medicines that could save lives and reduce suffering will not be discovered or produced or delivered; and technologies that advance industries and provide jobs and economic growth will not be invented and built. In short, the dismantling of US science now underway will make us poorer, sicker and blind to developing problems.

History tells us that there are times when the dangers of inaction become sufficiently threatening to individuals or the planet that scientists who are able and willing to do so will have to enter the public arena and bring their voices to debates of critical societal importance. This is such a time."

https://rdcu.be/eo3Hb

@petergleick if we are fortunate enough these scientists will move to other countries that support them and they will continue to make progress in their fields.
@Rickd6 @petergleick Even when funding was plentiful, scientists (with a handful of exceptions) did not speak up about the climate & ecological emergency. What point was the science if it wasn't heard? Just to publish papers and move ahead in careers? And serve capital through industrial/consumer products?

@petergleick I agree completely, but…

I realise this is Nature, and therefore it is reasonable to address the threats to the naturals sciences, but the natural sciences are the ones that are most likely to be funded from other sources, developed in other countries with little difference in outcome, and (from my perspective) the least attacked by the US government.

This of course still means that everyone should fight ferociously to save the natural sciences in the US.

@ahltorp @petergleick Current requested budget from NSF under Trump recommends 90% cuts to IOS and DEB, which would largely wipe out the main sources of funding for research in ecology and evolutionary biology. So, I don't think it's fair to say the natural sciences are least attacked. They are trying to dismantle all research that they don't think will lead directly to profits for tech companies. With the proposed NSF restructuring biotech would be the only kind of bio research allowed.

@ahltorp @petergleick

Here's @badastro talking about the massive cuts to NASA.

Weather & Climate scientists did a 100 hour marathon livestream to try and save america's weather forecasting

https://wclivestream.com/

The Weather & Climate Livestream

Join us starting May 28th, as meteorologists and climate scientists from across the US share their research and answer your questions.

@petergleick

so many letters to my congress peoples webforms...

@petergleick Beautifully done!
I would add to your list of harms that our understanding of the world will be impoverished and that talented people will be discouraged from pursuing scientific careers and their talent will be lost.