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The massive changes in US research brought about by the new administration of President Donald Trump are causing many scientists in the country to rethink their lives and careers. More than 1,200 scientists who responded to a Nature poll — three-quarters of the total respondents — are considering leaving the United States following the disruptions prompted by Trump. Europe and Canada were among the top choices for relocation.

The trend was particularly pronounced among early-career researchers. Of the 690 postgraduate researchers who responded, 548 were considering leaving; 255 of 340 PhD students said the same.

I have answered this poll myself; this is meant for scientists of all career-stages, so a lot of PhD students and postdocs along with faculty members.

I don't think the article is paywalled, but let me know if it is.

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[-] Bzdalderon@lemmy.ca 6 points 11 months ago

The science doesn't matter anyway, if it did, and this wasn't just about money and politics, countries like Canada wouldn't be charging a carbon tax, driving up prices for Canadians making them more poor which science says makes them worse polluters. Instead we would be shipping natural gas to India and China to phase out their coal consumption. We'd be using pipelines to cut carbons emissions from transportation vehicles. We would be using tax dollars to install solar on people's homes for them, reducing infrastructure maintenance and upgrade requirements for line and roads.

It's not about the science. It never was. That's why we are all doomed.

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

I wish we lived in a world where you weren't right about this. But you are, it was never about science.

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