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The Trump transition team announces a plan to strip NASA of funding for its Earth Science Division<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Earth Science Division of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration works on temperature, ice, clouds, and other climate phenomena; the Trump transition team wants to shift efforts to exploration of deep space. Senior Trump campaign official Bob Walker comments, \u201cclimate research is necessary but it has been heavily politicized, which has undermined a lot of the work that researchers have been doing. Mr. Trump\u2019s decisions will be based upon solid science, not politicized science.\u201d Kevin Trenberth, senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, responds that the elimination of Earth Sciences would be \u201ca major setback if not devastating\u201d: \u201cIt could put us back into the \u2018dark ages\u2019 of almost the pre-satellite era… It would be extremely short sighted… We live on planet Earth and there is much to discover, and it is essential to track and monitor many things from space. Information on planet Earth and its atmosphere and oceans is essential for our way of life. Space research is a luxury, Earth observations are essential.\u201d* These plans will play out in the 2017 NASA Transitions Authorization Act, and future Trump Administration budgets, and will face some pushbacks from Congress. **<\/p>\n

* Oliver Milman, \u201cTrump to scrap Nasa climate research in crackdown on
\n\u2018politicized\u2019 science,\u201d Guardian<\/em>, November 23, 2016, https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2016\/nov\/22\/nasa-earth-donald-trump-eliminate-climate-change-research<\/a>
\n**Orion Rodriguez, \u201cTrump plans to strip NASA\u2019s earth science division, promote mission to Mars,\u201d inhabitat<\/em>, March 22, 2017, https:\/\/inhabitat.com\/trump-plans-to-strip-nasas-earth-science-division-promote-mission-to-mars\/<\/a>; Scott Waldman, \u201cCongress May Shift Climate Research Away from NASA,\u201d reprinted from E&E <\/em>News in Scientific American, February 17, 2017, https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/congress-may-shift-climate-research-away-from-nasa\/<\/a>;
\nEthan Siegal, \u201cTrump’s Plan To Destroy NASA Science Laid Bare In FY2020
\nBudget,\u201d Forbes<\/em>, May 22, 2019, https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/startswithabang\/2019\/03\/12\/trumps-plan-to-destroy-nasa-science-laid-bare-in-fy2020-budget\/#6174c1765818<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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