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NASA

What the US Would Lose If It Eliminates the National Center for Atmospheric Research

“I think there's a great loss for the wrong reasons. There's no good reason for dismantling this or tearing it down,” a former NASA chief scientist says.

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

The National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo. Credit: Matthew Jonas/MediaNews Group/Boulder Daily Camera via Getty Images
People gather for the first Earth Day event in Philadelphia on April 22, 1970. Credit: Jack Rosen/Getty Images

The History of Earth Day—and Why It Still Matters

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

A view of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-3 (OCO-3) payload on its way to the International Space Station in 2019. Credit: Christina Koch/NASA

Will NASA Kill a Pair of Critical Climate Satellites?

By Nicholas Kusnetz

IPCC Chair Jim Skea leads a panel during the 62nd Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change earlier this year in Hangzhou, China. Credit: IPCC Secretariat

Despite Lack of Federal Support, US Scientists Continue Work on Key Global Climate Reports

By Bob Berwyn

NASA says it has “no legal obligation” to maintain public access to archives of pre-existing National Climate Assessments. Credit: Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

NASA Pulls Back From Promise to Host Major Climate Change Reports, Citing Legal Loophole

By Finya Swai

A Double Whammy for Scientists: Big Budget Cuts, Big Climate Consequences

By Kiley Price

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) speaks at a press conference on March 26 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images

Congressional Democrats Assail Trump’s Plans for Deep Cuts to Government Science

By Marianne Lavelle

Rising Seas and Land-Based Salt Pollution Pose Dual Threats for Drinking Water

By Kiley Price

NASA and NOAA satellites provide detailed and real-time scientific evidence that human activities are changing the climate in dangerous ways, and the information is freely presented to the public via several popular websites. Credit: Artist's rendering/NOAA

Watchdog Groups Anticipate ‘an All-Out War on Science and Scientists’ by the Trump Administration

By Bob Berwyn

The sun sets on Sept. 5, 2024, in Los Angeles where temperatures hit 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38C). Credit: Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

Global Warming Surges Well Past 1.5-Degree Mark in 2024

By Bob Berwyn

The cockpit view of the eXternal Vision System inside NASA’s Quesst aircraft, the X-59. Credit: Garry Tice/Lockheed Martin

Low Boom, High Pollution? NASA Readies for Supersonic Test Flight

By Marianne Lavelle, Kiley Bense

A view of a flooded parking lot after 24 hours of continuous heavy rain in Miami on June 13. Credit: Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images

Big Cities Disrupt the Atmosphere, Often Generating More Rainfall, But Can Also Have a Drying Effect

By Bob Berwyn

A view of the Pantanal wetlands in Brazil. New research shows a large chunk of global methane emissions are from rotting vegetation in tropical wetlands. Credit: Carl de Souza/AFP via Getty Images

Surging Methane Emissions Could Be a Sign of a Major Climate Shift

By Bob Berwyn

Tourists shield themselves from the sun while visiting the Palace Museum during a heat wave on July 6 in Beijing, China. Credit: VCG via Getty Images

Average Global Temperature Has Warmed 1.5 Degrees Celsius Above Pre-industrial Levels for 12 Months in a Row

By Bob Berwyn

New research showing previously unmapped areas of meltwater on the surface Antarctic ice shelves raises concerns about the large-scale disintegration of those floating shelves. Credit: Sergio Pitamitz/VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Study Maps Giant Slush Zones as New Threat to Antarctic Ice

By Bob Berwyn

A team of scientists work on the PACE satellite in May 2023. Credit: NASA

New NASA Mission Tracks Microscopic Organisms in the Ocean and Tiny Particles in the Air to Monitor Climate Change

By Teresa Tomassoni

A newly revealed research proposal from 1971 shows that Richard Nixon’s science advisors embarked on an extensive analysis of the potential risks of climate change. Credit: Oliver Atkins/National Archives

Nixon Advisers’ Climate Research Plan: Another Lost Chance on the Road to Crisis

By Marianne Lavelle

The logo for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games is seen in Tokyo on March 15, 2020. Credit: Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images

Warming Trends: Heating Up the Summer Olympics, Seeing Earth in 3-D and Methane Emissions From ‘Tree Farts’

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Two ranchers walk across parched dried soil in Culberson County, Texas.

Texas Heat Caused by Warming: Hansen

By Elizabeth Grossman, InsideClimate News

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