We’re told the research is by scientists who ‘study human-driven global warming’, but they’re assuming what they’re trying to prove, a bit like dark matter theorists. Keep insisting more time and resources will do the trick, and keep churning out adjustments to observational data. But now it seems time’s up and funding will be cut back in a big way (possibly 75%), under the current US government.
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The Trump administration, pursuing its deeply skeptical approach to climate change, wants to severely cut back the research arm of a government agency that plays a pivotal role in global climate science, US media reported Friday.
The administration plans to ask Congress, which sets the budgets for federal agencies, to cut funding for research labs and offices overseeing climate studies in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), according to an internal White House document consulted by CNN and the journal Science.
“Trump’s budget plan for NOAA is both outrageous and dangerous,” said Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, the ranking Democrat on the House science committee, warning that the administration is “wholly destroying” essential services in a statement.
About 75% of funding for NOAA’s research branch could be eliminated from the 2026 budget—drastic cuts to the prestigious agency that could be implemented starting this year, says Phys.org.
The administration wants to eliminate the jobs of hundreds of federal and academic scientists who study human-driven global warming, Science reported. [Talkshop comment – studying a theoretical atmospheric effect].
The cuts would be on top of at least 1,000 NOAA jobs eliminated last month under the drastic downsizing overseen by the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Scientists say the further cuts could have enormous consequences, given NOAA’s crucial role both nationally and globally in weather forecasting, climate studies and fisheries conservation.
Researchers and labs around the world rely on data and mathematical models from NOAA, so an end to its research programs could have a drastic impact, scientists say.
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Some conservatives see NOAA as a chief purveyor of what they call “climate alarmism.”
The Trump administration has launched a concerted assault on the government’s climate-related resources, ordering massive layoffs and deleting websites with data on the weather and climate.
The White House also wants to make budget cuts to a branch of NASA that is tasked with using satellites to study and monitor the effects of climate change, according to media reports.
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April 14, 2025 at 09:58AM
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