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Uncle Joe

(65,846 posts)
Wed Jun 10, 2026, 12:48 PM 5 hrs ago

"I Was Just Forced to Resign from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory": Climate Scientist Peter Kalmus



We continue to follow the impact of the Trump administration’s ongoing assault on scientific research in the United States with an update from climate scientist Peter Kalmus, who says he has been forced to resign from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) after 15 years at his “dream job.” In an immense loss to the government’s capacity to monitor and assess atmospheric conditions, the JPL has lost about 30% of its staff since President Trump took office for the second time, says Kalmus, who warns that the dismantling of federally funded scientific infrastructure comes as rising global temperatures put the Earth in “extreme danger.” “We’re on this escalator towards warmer and warmer and warmer temperatures, and world leaders are not doing anything about it.”
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"I Was Just Forced to Resign from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory": Climate Scientist Peter Kalmus (Original Post) Uncle Joe 5 hrs ago OP
They think they can ignore all the bad data Walleye 5 hrs ago #1
Peter Kalmus is a brilliant scientist who's work has been cited over twenty-three thousand times. dedl67 5 hrs ago #2
Trump was, and still is... GiqueCee 4 hrs ago #3

Walleye

(45,694 posts)
1. They think they can ignore all the bad data
Wed Jun 10, 2026, 12:54 PM
5 hrs ago

Remember during Covid “slow the testing down, please”

dedl67

(270 posts)
2. Peter Kalmus is a brilliant scientist who's work has been cited over twenty-three thousand times.
Wed Jun 10, 2026, 01:06 PM
5 hrs ago

He is everything that Trump and his lackeys' hate.

GiqueCee

(4,942 posts)
3. Trump was, and still is...
Wed Jun 10, 2026, 02:30 PM
4 hrs ago

... dumber (with a "b&quot than a bag of hammers. He truly thought that not counting COVID cases and subsequent deaths would mean a better "look" for him. The all-important "LOOK" is all that has ever mattered to him, and substance be damned.

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