New Australian climate science center to open in wake of massive job cuts
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.029775
Nature : After announcing that hundreds of climate science jobs are to be cut over the next several years, Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has decided to launch a new climate science center. Although the new center will employ some 40 full-time researchers, the number is small compared with the 275 scientists that will probably lose their jobs. The cuts have sparked protests and rallies in several Australian cities, and almost 3000 scientists have signed an open letter expressing their concerns to CSIRO and the government. Once a leader in climate modeling, CSIRO has been struggling to deal with a 16% cut to its budget in 2014.
