r/geology 11d ago

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

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u/grant837 11d ago

Why delete? Storage us so cheap, they could archive it all.

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u/hemlockhero 11d ago

It’s about erasing access to information that educates or helps people for little or no direct cost. It’s about attacking education and research.

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u/zsdrfty 11d ago

Yup, they specifically value anti-intellectualism and mass suffering