Trump will dismantle key US weather and science agency, climate experts fear

Plan to break up Noaa claims its research is ‘climate alarmism’ and calls for commercializing forecasts, weakening forecastsClimate experts fear Donald Trump will follow a blueprint created by his allies to gut the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), disbanding its work on climate science and tailoring its operations to business interests.Joe Biden ’s presidency hasincreasedtheprofile of the science-based federal agency but its future has been put in doubt if Trump wins a second term and at a time when climate impacts continue to worsen.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Donald Trump US weather Climate crisis Oceans Republicans US politics Science Joe Biden US news Environment Source Type: news