"The National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, is to be dismantled after more than 50 years at the forefront of global research on climate science and monitoring. This is the latest step in the administration's climate Lysenkoism and its relentless purge of climate researchers who refuse to be co-opted into its quest for American energy dominance though fossil fuels."
"Stalin's embrace of the work of Trofim Denisovitch Lysenko, who wrongly believed that wheat could inherit characteristics acquired by previous generations, underpinned policies that failed to prevent crop failures and millions of deaths from famine during the 1930s. Scientists who opposed Lysenkoism were denounced, fired, imprisoned and even executed. While Trump has not gone as far as Stalin, his administration's persecution of climate researchers could ultimately lead to many millions of deaths from increases in extreme weather"
The National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, is being dismantled after more than 50 years at the forefront of climate science and monitoring. The closure reflects a political campaign described as climate Lysenkoism and a purge of researchers who refuse co-option into a fossil-fuel energy agenda. Stalin's Lysenkoist policies are cited as a historical parallel, including denunciation and execution of dissenting scientists and catastrophic famine consequences. The administration's actions were announced on X by Russell Vought, who labeled NCAR a source of climate alarmism. The purge undermines expert climate research and risks increased deaths from extreme weather and sea level rise.
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