Over the past few days at the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society's annual conference I have found myself pulled deeply into concerns of climate scientists in regards to savage cuts to climate science jobs at Australia's premier scientific body the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO).
I have arranged a media conference and many many interviews for Australian scientists responding to the announcement by CSIRO Chief Executive Officer Larry Marshall that most of the organisation's researchers working in climate modelling would lose their jobs. Of the 140 researchers working specifically in this area, 110 would go.