"We can’t afford to weaken public service agencies that help us prepare for weather disasters, particularly as climate change drives fiercer winter storms, produces conditions of drought and deluge, and fuels more powerful hurricanes and fierce winds that fan wildfires," writes Julie Packard in defense of NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration.
Protecting the ocean has always been a bipartisan effort, in Congress and across multiple White House administrations. In the face of ill-conceived attacks, it's time to raise our voices in support of ocean science.
