"She would be part of the largest network in the world dedicated to measuring the concentration of CO2 and methane in the atmosphere, working alongside people who flew planes to take measurements, who climbed up high towers to place instruments, who ran global projects to capture air samples and ship them to NOAA's office in Boulder, Colorado, for analysis. Cumulatively, this work made it possible to produce extraor"
"The 53-year-old had been driving west for five days. She was heading toward a new home and a new job after spending decades working at Penn State, where she'd earned her PhD in atmospheric science and had been a research professor in its Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science. In recent years, she had received grant money from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for her projects and had also served as a consultant for the agency."
Systems built up over the last 120 years are being either eliminated or corroded at warp speed, with the implicit blessing of the US Supreme Court. At 2:33 pm Mountain Time on February 27, 2025, Natasha Miles's world fell apart. Miles had been driving west for five days toward a new home and a NOAA job after decades at Penn State, where she earned a PhD and served as a research professor in meteorology and atmospheric science. She had received NOAA grants, served as a consultant, and accepted a full-time role to escape grant instability. The NOAA role involved managing a global network measuring atmospheric CO2 and methane, coordinating flights, tower instrumentation, sample collection, and analysis in Boulder.
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