Ignoring the climate choice to adapt or die

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By Bethany Bradley, Jia Hu and Meade Krosby / For The Conversation

It’s no secret that warming temperatures, wildfires and flash floods are increasingly affecting lives across the United States. With the U.S. government now planning to ramp up fossil fuel use, the risks of these events are likely to become even more pronounced.

That leaves a big question: Is the nation prepared to adapt to the consequences?

For many years, federally funded scientists have been developing solutions to help reduce the harm climate change is causing in people’s lives and livelihoods. Yet, as with many other science programs, the White House is proposing to eliminate funding for climate adaptation science in the next federal budget, and reports suggest that the firing of federal climate adaptation scientists may be imminent.

As researchers and directors of regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers, funded by the U.S. Geological Survey since 2011, we have seen firsthand the work these programs do to protect the nation’s natural resources and their successes in helping states and tribes build resilience to climate risks.

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1. Climate change is more important and life-threatening than the feelings of MAGATs. We can wait

around for MAGAs to experience their epiphany, but will there be a Mother Earth for our children and grandchildren to live on if MAGATs continue to destroy everything that affects their future?

Our fight should be to protect Mother Earth. If MAGATs can't see or understand the importance of protecting Mother Earth, they need to be pushed out of the way.