tubefilter: “So 200 scientists are sharing their research on YouTube. YouTube has always been a place where humans teach each other, and under an administration where basic provable science is being questioned, it’s becoming a vehicle for climate and weather scientists to reach the masses. More than 200 of these pros are currently hosting a five-day round robin livestream on YouTube aimed at showing how valuable climate science is in the face of Trump admin budget cuts to orgs like NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the United States Geological Survey, and the National Science Foundation. Hosted on a dedicated channel called The Weather & Climate Livestream, the event is slated to be around 100 hours long, and was organized by about a dozen scientists, including global warming expert Margaret Duffy, climate scientist Jonah Bloch-Johnson, and Union of Concerned Scientists fellow Marc Alessi. It kicked off on May 28, with initial hosts documenting their last hours at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies. The GISS was founded in 1966, at the height of the Space Race, and worked on the Voyager program, among others. It was among the casualties of Elon Musk‘s so-called “Department of Government Efficiency,” and was ordered to shutter by May 31 in what NASA called an “attack” on the agency. Duffy told Space.com Bloch-Johnson reached out to her with the idea to do a marathon educational stream. She quickly agreed, and the two of them, plus Alessi, “just immediately started reaching out to every contact we knew,” Alessi added. Once the yeses started rolling in, their organizer team put together a five-day slate of mini lectures, discussion panels, and Q&A sessions. Marquee presenters include former National Weather Service directors, glacier researcher Britney Schmidt, and triple Emmy-winning meteorologist John Morales. “We really felt like the American public deserves to know what we do,” Duffy said…”

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