Please, Donald Trump, don't send climate science back to the pre-satellite era

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Helen V. McGregor, University of WollongongFollow
Jenny A. Fisher, University of WollongongFollow

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111302

Publication Details

McGregor, H. V. & Fisher, J. A. (2016). Please, Donald Trump, don't send climate science back to the pre-satellite era. The Conversation, 25 November 1-4.

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The Conversation

Abstract

Bob Walker, an adviser to US President-elect Donald Trump, has set alarm bells ringing by recommending that NASA's climate monitoring programs be axed. But his dismissal of the "politicised science" at NASA's Earth Science Division shows an ignorance of the breadth, role and significance of its contributions to society in the United States and worldwide.