US EditionTrump administration plans to break up largest federal climate research center
The Trump administration plans to dismantle NCAR, citing 'climate alarmism,' risking disruption to a 60-year-old research center employing about 830 scientists, officials said.
- On Tuesday night, Russ Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget, announced that the National Science Foundation will break up the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado.
- Vought said a `comprehensive review` is underway and that `any vital activities such as weather research will be moved to another entity or location`, citing broader budget cuts and the cancellation of nearly 750 jobs.
- About 750 scientists and support personnel work at the National Center for Atmospheric Research , founded in 1960 at the Boulder site, which houses laboratories and provides data for severe weather events.
- Gov. Jared Polis said, `Colorado has yet to receive information about the Trump administration’s intentions to pull funding for freight rail safety and to try to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, a global leader in earth system science, promoting scientific breakthroughs that support national security and the economy`, and Democrats vowed to oppose the plan.
- Analysts caution that dismantling NCAR would compromise weather predictions and hurricane tracking, posing a major setback for the U.S. climate research community and national disaster preparedness.
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The National Centre for Atmospheric Research in Colorado operates the largest research program of the US government on climate change. Now it is to be largely closed.
The important US facility for weather and climate research is "one of the largest sources of climate alarmism in the country," said household office manager Russell Vought
The planned dissolution of the NCAR causes horror. Experts fear negative effects on weather forecasts. The announcement came unexpectedly.
Trump triggers another political storm in US — this time with an aim at a weather research centre
A quiet plan to dismantle a top US weather research hub is stirring scientific outrage, political backlash and safety fears, raising questions about what happens to forecasts, disasters and public trust when science meets ideology.
The Trump administration announced on Tuesday its intention to dismantle the National Atmospheric Research Centre (NCAR).
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