Big Picture Science: Disappearing Data
Firing federal
workers and freezing grants has upended research institutions, prompting
uncertainty about their futures. We look at the real-world impacts these policy
changes may have for our mechanisms for collecting and sharing important data.
An NIH grant recipient considers the future of her lab’s ability to do basic
research, including studying complex diseases such as Alzheimer’s and heart
disease. An interruption in reliable access to CDC data comes as highly
contagious avian influenza continues to evolve and spread in the U.S. And what
does the gutting of NOAA imply for collecting essential weather data, including
those used to forecast hurricanes?
Guests:
- Kimberly Cooper – Developmental biologist at the University of California, San Diego
- Amy Maxmen – Public health reporter at KFF Health News
- Alan Sealls – Retired broadcast meteorologist, adjust professor at the University of South Alabama and president-elect of the American Meteorological Society
- Bernadette Woods Placky – Chief meteorologist and Climate Matters director at the nonprofit organization, Climate Central
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