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ici Roussillon

@roussillon.ici.fr

Enfin le bout du tunnel pour les habitants... près de deux ans après l’effondrement de la route
➡️ https://l.ici.fr/OcO2

September 16, 2026 at 1:06 PM

notes.club

@notes.club

CO2可視化 by Ryo Wakabayashi https://notes.club/RyoWakabayashi/elixir-learning/livebooks/earthdata/oco2 #ElixirLang

August 9, 2026 at 9:00 AM

地縛霊👹⛄️8/15西え52a

@fldmlf.bsky.social

@ch-oco2.bsky.social ちょこころねさんフォローありがとうございます！こちらでもよろしくお願いします😭🙏✨

July 20, 2026 at 12:27 AM

🍁 Christine 🍁

@204queenb0574.bsky.social

#sciencedenial #climatescience #uspoli

EDITORIAL

Climate science targeted by Trump again

IT’S scientific vandalism. And it’s not the first time. The U.S. administration under President Donald Trump wanted to let one of the world’s most successful climate change satellites — the Orbiting Climate Observatory, or OCO2 — simply fall from space and burn up in the atmosphere. It took a court order to stop that same administration from dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research and removing its supercomputer system.

Now Trump’s team has a new target. And once again, it’s involved with leading-edge climate research.

The Trump administration has set its sights on the Ocean Observatory Initiative, a US$368 million system of deep-water ocean-sensing equipment in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and, as a result, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is going to start removing over 900 sensors, some as deep as 9,200 feet under the surface.

The sensors have already provided a treasure trove of information for climate and ocean scientists: the moored sensors provide information on currents, temperatures and ocean acidity, along with other chemical and biological information.

A spokesman for the NSF gave the New York Times an epic dose of bafflegab to explain why the sensors were being taken up now, having only been installed in 2016. The system was designed to be operational until 2041.

The NSF’s Michael England said the move “aligns with NSF’s wider strategy to have a nimbler approach to prioritizing support for evolving scientific priorities and emerging technologies as well as a deliberate approach to smart life-cycle management within its portfolio of research infrastructure.”

Honestly, it sounds more like he shook a bunch of buzzwords in an empty baked bean can, emptied them on the table and read them out loud.

Craig McLean, a former acting chief scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration during Trump’s first term, had a clearer explanation.

He told the Times that…

June 3, 2026 at 4:43 PM

Euronews en Français

@euronewsfr.bsky.social

Le vice-président américain a déclaré qu'il attendait avec impatience les négociations au Pakistan, prévues ce samedi 11 avril.
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/OCO2

April 10, 2026 at 9:23 PM

James Morrow

@jamescmorrow.bsky.social

The Artemis programme represents the best of us – but the significant cuts in NASA funding for climate research and monitoring represent the worst of us… One particularly short-term saving is the recent destruction of Orbiting Carbon Observatories OCO2 & OCO3, crucial to monitoring climate change…

April 6, 2026 at 8:47 PM

Un-American

@bennevis.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oco2...

It is legal to burn the American flag in Ohio

Khalid Turaani, Executive Director CAIR-Ohio Columbus, Testifies Against SB 297 at Ohio Statehouse

YouTube video by CAIR-Ohio

www.youtube.com

February 20, 2026 at 3:57 PM

Euronews Italia

@euronewsitalia.bsky.social

La presidente del Cio Kirsty Coventry, interpellata da Euronews su una possibile partecipazione in caso di pace in Ucraina, ha risposto: "Aspetteremo e vedremo cosa succederà"
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/OcO2

November 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM

BFM Business

@bfmbusiness.bsky.social

Les grandes banques financent deux fois plus les énergies fossiles que la transition énergétique
https://l.bfmtv.com/OCo2

September 23, 2025 at 7:54 AM

contraindicat.bsky.social

@contraindicat.bsky.social

Defunding these hurts our economy and can't be undone. The OCO2 will be deorbited (destroyed in the atmosphere) and the continuity of the data will be interrupted (meaning we can't chart changes in data when there is no more data) if they're closed out.

There's no upside to ending this program.

September 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM

notes.club

@notes.club

CO2可視化 by Ryo Wakabayashi https://notes.club/RyoWakabayashi/elixir-learning/livebooks/earthdata/oco2 #ElixirLang

September 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Pure Science

@purescience.news

A Tapestry of Tales: 10th Anniversary Reflections from NASA’s OCO-2 Mission #Science #Space #SpaceExploration #NASA #OCO2

A Tapestry of Tales: 10th Anniversary Reflections from NASA’s OCO-2 Mission

Explore This Section Earth Earth Observer Editor’s Corner Feature Articles Meeting Summaries News Science in the News Calendars In Memoriam Announcements More Archives Conference Schedules Style Guide...

purescience.news

August 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM

The MES Times

@themestimes.bsky.social

NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) satellite—launched in 2014 and widely regarded as the "gold standard" for monitoring atmospheric CO2—is now facing termination orders from the Trump administration, despite being fully operational.

#NASA #ClimateChange #OCO2 #CarbonMonitoring

August 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM

AlcorNews

@alcornews.bsky.social

Le budget Trump pourrait forcer la destruction des satellites OCO‑2 et OCO‑3, vitaux pour surveiller le CO₂ et la santé des cultures.
www.lesnumeriques.com/spatial/c-es...
#Science #Climat #Satellites #OCO2 #OCO3 #DéfenseClimatique

Une décision “catastrophique” : Donald Trump ordonne à la NASA de détruire un satellite d’exception

C'est officiel. La Maison-Blanche veut mettre fin à deux missions spatiales de la NASA conçues pour mesurer avec une précision inédite le dioxyde de carbone. Leur disparition priverait la planète d’ou...

www.lesnumeriques.com

August 7, 2025 at 11:54 AM

LeftEx

@leftex99.bsky.social

Trump Destroys Climate Change Satellite.

Trump admin moves to destroy satellites that monitor climate change. featuring #HasanAbi

#news #politics #USPolitics #OCO2 #OCO3 #HasanPiker

August 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM

✔️Citizen Of Europe Official✔️

@handle.invalid

The #Trump White House has ordered #NASA to destroy two #climate satellites—despite being funded and fully operational.

Experts call it sabotage. Lawyers call it illegal. The #planet just calls it reckless.

#ClimateCrisis #News #OCO2 #ScientificIntegrity #Authoritarianism #Science #Resist

White House Moves to Terminate Climate Satellites — Scientists Call It Illegal and Dangerous

The White House has ordered NASA to shut down two vital climate-monitoring satellites. Scientists call it sabotage. Legal experts say it may violate U.S. budget law. The data? Irreplaceable.

www.citizenofeurope.com

August 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM

Dennis Dimick

@ddimick.bsky.social

A wonder of modern science — the ability to visually identify the source, type, and magnitude of carbon emissions — and the regime wants to destroy it because OCO2 puts the lie to their rent-seeking fossil fuel dreams. The fascists destroy our children’s future to line their greedy pockets.

NPR @npr.org · Aug 4

Exclusive: The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.
By @rhersher.bsky.social

Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose

The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.

n.pr

August 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM

Dennis Dimick

@ddimick.bsky.social

A wonder of modern science — the ability to visually identify the source, type, and magnitude of carbon emissions — and the regime wants to destroy it because OCO2 puts the lie to their rent-seeking fossil fuel dreams. The fascists destroy our children’s future to line their greedy pockets.

August 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM

Joe

@buildwithjoe.bsky.social

Trump will destroy this NASA satellite and the climate web app (used to be Android app) - RIP #OCO2 satellite and climate data. Use it while you can. Buy a personal CO2 monitor like #Aranet4
eyes.nasa.gov/apps/earth/#...

August 5, 2025 at 5:52 AM

Joe

@buildwithjoe.bsky.social

Same game from urban democrats who say streets safer, yet I frequently witness 1st hand cops not citing drivers who break laws, injure pedestrians and cyclists. No data, fewer concerns. Same for housing inventory. NASA data RIP #OCO2 follows suit..
eyes.nasa.gov/apps/earth/#...