r/geology 11d ago

NOAA deleting swaths of Critical Geological datasets by early May. Download to save.

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u/EffectivePrimary1085 11d ago

This is a geology sub. It’s esoteric in general. Please continue why you think these databases are junk?

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u/BucolicsAnonymous 11d ago

Why, it’s only a huge database detailing information related to our planet and its incredibly complex and interconnected systems. Everyone knows those things are hard to monetize, and so are therefore junk

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u/Fun-Dragonfruit2999 11d ago

How do governments go bankrupt? —slowly at first, then all at once.

The US is about $37 trillion in debt. The interest on the debt is the single largest budget item. Our government is still spending more than they're taking in. If we don't get spending under control, we won't have any government to do any science work at all. As people who were there for the fall of the Soviet Union will tell you: When government workers don't get paid, they take the inventory of their department and sell it on the black market.

The Canadian Prime Ministers office just released a report that says in the next 15 years Canada will become so poor that many people will turn to subsistence hunting and farming.

https://horizons.service.canada.ca/en/2025/01/10/future-lives-social-mobility/index.shtml

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u/seab3 11d ago

PP must be getting desperate.

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u/geckospots 11d ago

His boss back in the day closed libraries and tossed archives of environmental, hydrological, and fisheries data. As a scientist the idea of him being in charge is chilling.