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Witnessing and documenting the decimation of Earth Sciences at NASA. A personal and partial view from a veteran scientist employed at one of the centers. Sharing information and occasional comment.

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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Redefining Goddard does anybody know in which direction to go? 49197025.hs-sites.com/assessing-th... @nasawatch.bsky.social @astrokatie.com
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Assessing the Goddard Space Flight Center: Call for Experts
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
#SaveNASA This note describes how working life is like for a scientist in federal agency. The post is about NIH but what it is described is the same we are experiencing at NASA Earth Sciences. Written a few months ago, it is still very valid. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-happe...
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What Happens When Science Is Asked to Pretend This Is Normal
In our All-Hands meetings before I left NIH, our leaders were always trying to think of ways to accommodate the new leadership, pitching ideas they thought would fit the “MAHA” agenda.
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
#SaveNASA NASA Earth Science is being destroyed little by little: divert money originally committed for contractor scientists (like post docs) salaries to pay to those recently retired civil servants who voluntarily left but are still being paid (a sort of) severance
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Save Ohio Parks @saveohioparks.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
97 percent of actively-publishing climate scientists agree that humans are causing global warming and climate change. A list of organizations that agree is here. NASA: bit.ly/4bUTUed @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social @thirdactoh.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social
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Do scientists agree on climate change? - NASA Science
Yes, the vast majority of actively publishing climate scientists – 97 percent – agree that humans are causing global warming and climate change. Most of the
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
#SaveNASA www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/c...
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Prominent Climate Scientist Resigns From NASA, Citing Trump’s Attack on Science
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Here is an article that describes what is going on at NASA now... gizmodo.com/white-house-...
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White House Withholds Funding for NASA Science Missions Despite Recent Budget Bill
NASA has been forced to pause funds for Chandra X-Ray Observatory and other missions until further notice.
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
The steady and slow destruction of science at #NASA No More library
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
#SaveNASA Exodus spacenews.com/exodus-the-s...
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Exodus: The shrinking federal space workforce
At least 5,000 federal workers left their positions in the U.S. space workforce last year. These are some of their stories.
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
🧪 #NASA
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
a thread: 🧵 #SaveNASAScience Despite the talk, "Reductions in Force" (RIFs) haven't officially hit #NASA. Instead, the agency relied on voluntary retirements with severance for civil servants. Official RIFs have strict rules and bring the kind of bad publicity leadership wants to avoid. 1/5
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
#SaveNASA An appeal to the new administrator to save #NASA Earth Sciences. I think it is well said. But at the same time late in the sense that the damage is already structural and irreparable. Now it is a matter of starting over (if it ever happens)
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
a thread: 🧵 "Friends, it is time for companies and countries to take their signs down" A powerful quote from #Canada's PM #MarkCarney this week in Davos. Note his invocation is addressed not only to all countries in the world but also to the other entities in this planet that are more 1/2
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Plz, keep an eye on the fate of this workforce likely to be reduced next. @climatebrad.hillheat.com @roguenasa.altgov.info @nasa-needs-help.bsky.social @nasawatch.bsky.social @climateofgavin.bsky.social @eniiler.bsky.social @danielbailey99.bsky.social @justcalma.bsky.social @lisacox.bsky.social
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
a thread: 🧵 #SaveNASAScience Despite the talk, "Reductions in Force" (RIFs) haven't officially hit #NASA. Instead, the agency relied on voluntary retirements with severance for civil servants. Official RIFs have strict rules and bring the kind of bad publicity leadership wants to avoid. 1/5
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
🧪 I cannot avoid noticing that space science organizations are more vocal and active in providing #NASA science related policy information. NASA is a big founder of Earth Sciences, yet major ES societies like AGU, AMS or GSA seem like they are MIA on this matter. nasawatch.com/congress/aas...
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AAS Summary Of NASA FY 2026 Budget
American Astronomical Society (AAS) issued a release Congress Passes Fiscal Year 2026 Spending Bills for NSF, NASA, and DOE
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
🧪 I cannot avoid noticing that space science organizations are more vocal and active in providing #NASA science related policy information. NASA is a big founder of Earth Sciences, yet major ES societies like AGU, AMS or GSA seem like they are MIA on this matter. nasawatch.com/congress/aas...
nasawatch.com
AAS Summary Of NASA FY 2026 Budget
American Astronomical Society (AAS) issued a release Congress Passes Fiscal Year 2026 Spending Bills for NSF, NASA, and DOE
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
🧪 #NASA
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
#SaveNASA #NASAcuts The NY Times and other news outlets reported that GSFC decreased its workforce by 11%. This figure is misleading; the actual reduction was significantly higher. Here are at least two reasons why: 1- Timing of Retirements: These statistics are from November 2025, a 1/4
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
🧪 🧵 #SaveNASA #NASAcuts #NASA NASA will finally have a 2026 budget and an administrator but still not good news for Earth Sciences. Despite the title of this article, I take issue with this "better" scenario. It may reflect the author’s bias. arstechnica.com/space/2026/0... 1/6
arstechnica.com
NASA’s science budget won’t be a train wreck after all
There's very little to not like in this."
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Re: NASA's Goddard library...
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
attn @denisedwheeler.bsky.social @lorengrush.bsky.social @danielbailey99.bsky.social @justcalma.bsky.social @nasa-needs-help.bsky.social @lisacox.bsky.social @eniiler.bsky.social
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
🧪 🧵 #SaveNASA #NASAcuts #NASA NASA will finally have a 2026 budget and an administrator but still not good news for Earth Sciences. Despite the title of this article, I take issue with this "better" scenario. It may reflect the author’s bias. arstechnica.com/space/2026/0... 1/6
arstechnica.com
NASA’s science budget won’t be a train wreck after all
There's very little to not like in this."
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
#NASAcuts #SaveNASA it is confirmed. Goddard library is closed @nasa-needs-help.bsky.social @eniiler.bsky.social @nasawatch.bsky.social
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themedici.bsky.social @themedici.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
#SAVENASA #NASANEEDSHELP Follow @nasa-needs-help.bsky.social
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nasa-needs-help.bsky.social @nasa-needs-help.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
ICYMI, shared by @maddow.bsky.social
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Some interesting historical perspective here. It appears that saving space for books is something that ,well, has not been a priority.
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
#ICYMI Something small is watching Goddard. This account doesn't post often, but in times like these, every perspective counts. #NASA
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
🧵 #NASACuts #NASA The closure of the Goddard library is more than a logistics issue—it is an assault on knowledge itself. NASA is the home of humanity’s most consequential expeditions, yet vandals are about to gut our accumulated archives under the guise of "reorganization". 1/4
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nasa-needs-help.bsky.social @nasa-needs-help.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
NASA Goddard’s library is set to close. But why? Thanks to New York Times for covering. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...
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NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
FYI #NASACuts @nasawatch.bsky.social @roguenasa.altgov.info @nasa-needs-help.bsky.social
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
#NASAcuts Goddard library is scheduled to close starting Jan/2. Many attempts in the past to do it have failed. This time feels very ominously real. No replacement is planned. Library personnel have been told to work on inventory and plan for a 90% disposal of the material. 😠
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
#NASAtownhall #NASAcuts Well, that was a bit unimpressive. There were too many general statements praising ingenuity and hard work, and invoking the past quests for which NASA is famous. It is hard to see how we can get back to any of that after the beating we’ve taken over the last 10 months. 1/3
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
#ICYMI NASA finally has a new administrator. hillheat.news/p/democrats-... Despite the headline, I believe NASA as we knew it has already been dismantled. Whatever emerges next will be fundamentally different. 1/3
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Democrats For Destroying NASA
16 Senate Democrats vote for Elon Musk fanboy Jared Isaacman, who plans to 'take NASA out of the taxpayer funded climate science business'
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
🧪#NASACuts Postcard from a NASA Earth scientist I recently attended a university talk and left feeling surprisingly energized. It was the atmosphere: pure curiosity, student engagement, and "blue-sky" thinking. It made me realize how much this is missing at work lately. 1/2
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
🧪#NASACuts Postcard from a NASA Earth scientist I recently attended a university talk and left feeling surprisingly energized. It was the atmosphere: pure curiosity, student engagement, and "blue-sky" thinking. It made me realize how much this is missing at work lately. 1/2
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
#ICYMI NASA finally has a new administrator. hillheat.news/p/democrats-... Despite the headline, I believe NASA as we knew it has already been dismantled. Whatever emerges next will be fundamentally different. 1/3
hillheat.news
Democrats For Destroying NASA
16 Senate Democrats vote for Elon Musk fanboy Jared Isaacman, who plans to 'take NASA out of the taxpayer funded climate science business'
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
#NASACuts arstechnica.com/space/2025/1...
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NASA finally—and we really do mean it this time—has a full-time leader
A long and winding road to reach NASA’s headquarters in Washington, DC.
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
#NASACuts 🌍🧪🛰️ A long (and thoughtful) article on the future of Earth Observations by NASA and the role of commercial services. There are no easy answers. But one should start by laying out the problem and this article is a good start. newsletter.terrawatchspace.com/science-as-a...
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Science-as-a-Service for Earth Science: What Would It Actually Take?
The structural requirements for science-as-a-service to work in EO
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
#NASACuts 🚀🌍 There is a non-zero chance that NASA may have a new administrator appointed by the end of the year nasawatch.com/ask-the-admi...
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Isaacman's Nomination Moves Up A Notch
Keith’s note: Senate Majority Leader Thune has filed cloture (the formal process to end a filibuster and force a vote on a bill, motion, or nomination) as shown on Executive Calendar #593 for Jared Is...
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
🧪#NASACuts Next week will be of consequence for the (Earth Science) Building 33 as it prepares for and receives personnel from the Heliophysics lab (Building 21, 150 people). B33 has a lot of empty office space due in large part because so many people left either contractors with funding 1/4
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
🧪#NASACuts Next week will be of consequence for the (Earth Science) Building 33 as it prepares for and receives personnel from the Heliophysics lab (Building 21, 150 people). B33 has a lot of empty office space due in large part because so many people left either contractors with funding 1/4
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
🧪#NASACuts #NASAscience Info to have at hand: Personnel Facts about NASA Goddard Sciences There are about 6,600 employees working for GSFC. This includes those located in Greenbelt (MD) and personnel at the smaller centers in Wallops (VA) and the (now virtual) GISS center in NYC. 1/4
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NASAWATCH @nasawatch.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Rep. Zoe Lofgren: "It’s simply not possible for this Administration to talk credibly about competing with China while undermining NASA and our research enterprise." Full remarks www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfGO...
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Lofgren: The Trump Admin is Crippling America's Competitiveness with China
YouTube video by Rep. Zoe Lofgren
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
🧪 A new self-introduction
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
🧪#NASACuts #NASAscience Info to have at hand: Personnel Facts about NASA Goddard Sciences There are about 6,600 employees working for GSFC. This includes those located in Greenbelt (MD) and personnel at the smaller centers in Wallops (VA) and the (now virtual) GISS center in NYC. 1/4
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
hey @nasawatch.bsky.social In addition to Ames and Marshall, the GISS library closed too . I wonder of the whereabouts about all those tech docs. Some must be historical docs. And what about already existing documents and papers who refer (or cite) reports formerly in those libraries?
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
🧪 #NASAcuts Goddard Space Center library is due to disappear. It is not about when, but how and where the books will go. Another casualty in this relentless attack to #science and culture. it has a FB page. Let's see how long it lasts. www.facebook.com/GSFCLibrary/
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NASA Goddard Library
NASA Goddard Library. 12,504 likes · 6 talking about this. The NASA Goddard Library serves the researchers of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Contact us
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NASAWATCH @nasawatch.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
As part of the amputation of @NASAGoddard, the Fitness Center is being closed. Who needs healthy employees, I guess. Memo: nasawatch.com/personnel-ne...
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NASA GSFC Closes Fitness Center
As part of the amputation of NASA Goddard
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
I don't understand how a workforce can focus on a mission if you don't make attractive to be physically at work to start with. I assume that next in line are the daycare, health unit and pothole maintenance.
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