Open Statement from the Young Earth System Scientists Community (YESS) regarding job cuts at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization’s (CSIRO) Oceans and Atmosphere and Land and Water divisions
By Modathir Zaroug republished courtesy of CSAG
In this blog I would like to publicize and disseminate the below open statement from the Young Earth System Scientists Community (YESS) regarding the massive job cuts to CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, and Land and Water divisions.
YESS is a global network of over 90 countries and more than 670 young Earth System Scientists. As a part of the group of younger, global generation of scientist, I would like to join them in expressing concerns about the state of future climate science research if CSIRO were to be taken out of the picture (at this stage this would be very likely). These bad decisions of huge job cuts in Oceans and Atmosphere and Land and Water units are truly awful. They were poorly researched and there was no consultation with the staff. There was no realization of the global ramifications of these decisions. It also left a dark cloud across the whole Australian climate community. I hope, through this blog and open statement, that this will gain media attention.
The full statement is in the following link:
Disclaimer: The views expressed here are solely those of the author in his private capacity.