Science article

https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-seeks-end-climate-research-premier-u-s-climate-agency

NYT article

https://archive.is/MKE7F

The proposal from the Office of Management and Budget would abolish the Oceanic and Atmospheric Research office at NOAA, one of the world’s premiere Earth sciences research centers.

A budget allocation of just over $170 million, down from about $485 million in 2024, would hobble science as varied as early warning systems for natural disasters, science education for students in kindergarten through high school, and the study of the Arctic, where temperatures have increased nearly four times as fast as the rest of the planet over the past four decades. “At this funding level, O.A.R. is eliminated as a line office,” the proposal states.

  • Lovely_sombrero [he/him]
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    719 days ago

    Having the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration means that you own the oceans and the atmosphere. Just need to stop wasting money on all that pesky research.