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Australia Cuts 110 Climate Scientist Jobs
Scientific Amerian ^ | February 8, 2016 | By Gayathri Vaidyanathan

Posted on 02/09/2016 5:39:58 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

SUBTITLE: Because the science is settled there is no need for more basic research, the government says.

With an ax rather than a scalpel, Australia's federal science agency last week chopped off its climate research arm in a decision that has stunned scientists and left employees dispirited.

As many as 110 out of 140 positions at the atmosphere and oceans division will be cut, Larry Marshall, the agency's chief executive, told staff Friday.

"The situation is very bad here," the scientist said. "Eighty percent of our climate capability will be gone; it is clear that climate modeling will be cut completely."

(Excerpt) Read more at scientificamerican.com ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: climatechange; climategate; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; hoax; socialism
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To: Kozy; ontap; Dr. Sivana; Impy; NFHale
RE:”Settled science, I agree with the government on this one. No need for climatologists, no grants, no studies, nothing. Just minimum monitoring. How can the turds complain? If they do, then it isn't settled science. Beautiful, just beautiful.”

They would say they need $$$ to educate those ignorant dolts who refuse to accept settled science, the same ones who are scared of immunizations for their kids.

I watched the movie :”the Day After Tomorrow” 2004 last week and it was scary.
First tornados in LA taking out skyscrapers, then NY under water due to global warming, then it all freezes due to global cooling making the east coast a huge ice-cube.

Americans in the South had to flee to Mexico as illegals, those in PA and above all frozen to death.

Repent!

41 posted on 02/09/2016 10:41:23 AM PST by sickoflibs (Trump : 'WAAH, There is no way I could have lost Iowa, Look at the polls. Obviously fraud')
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
SUBTITLE: Because the science is settled there is no need for more basic research, the government says.

Curiously, the mass layoff would be equally rational if the "science" is fraudulent!

42 posted on 02/09/2016 11:39:47 AM PST by publius911 (IMPEACH HIM NOW evil, stupid, insane ignorant or just clueless, doesn't matter!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Not to worry, they just need to move to the US, will get a job and a raise.


43 posted on 02/09/2016 11:47:36 AM PST by TruthWillWin (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
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To: Night Hides Not
From what I read in the article, very few jobs are being cut, they're just shifting them to other departments, into projects that are more "commercially viable".

Pretty much. Along the lines of "How do we make wind turbines and solar cells more effective, so we can use less fossil fuels and spend less money on fuel, and sell the more efficient and effective technology to the world."

Not even the climate change supporters should object to that and it's what the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) is supposed to be about. Building Australian industry and wealth through scientific research. Almost every computer in the world is using wireless technology largely invented at the CSIRO, and they've also done some of the most important recent work on carbon nanotubes for example. They are not supposed to be just doing research for the sake of research - it's supposed to have a clearly intended focus towards making things that will make money and make a real difference.

44 posted on 02/09/2016 3:07:34 PM PST by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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45 posted on 02/09/2016 4:07:11 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Terrorism, the thing that shall not be named by the MSM)
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To: sickoflibs; Impy

Gee... what a shame.

They might have to get REAL jobs now. So sad.


46 posted on 02/09/2016 5:10:53 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Steve_Seattle

“science which actually shows an undeniable causal link - in the real world - between rising CO2 levels and increases in temperature.”

Correlation is not causation.


47 posted on 02/09/2016 7:10:25 PM PST by Mike Darancette (Obama Rules of Engagement: Hands up Don't Shoot)
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To: sickoflibs

” it is clear that climate modeling will be cut completely”

LMFAO!!!!


48 posted on 02/10/2016 7:24:04 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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“They might have to get REAL jobs now. So sad.”

They would sooner starve in the street, which sounds really good to ME.


49 posted on 02/10/2016 7:26:07 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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