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NASA Scientists Still Assured Of One Branch Of Science In The Upcoming Trump Administration
Alex Davis
First Posted: Nov 25, 2016 03:32 AM EST
Reports regarding the denial of the newly elected president of the United States, Donald Trump, with regard to climate change are still blazing in headlines. Thus, NASA scientist Dr. Gavin Schmidt is surprisingly assured about one branch of science in the upcoming Trump administration.
Gavin Schmidt is a director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies and a climate scientist. He studies the changing of the atmosphere and said that it would not be easy for Donald Trump to evacuate the federal agencies of climate researchers in his term of presidency.
Gavin Schmidt told Business Insider that, "Chopping off science just to prevent people from talking about climate change won't work. You need science for hazards, for weather forecasting, and climate comes along for the ride."
It has been previously reported that Donald Trump does not believe in climate change. He mentioned that it is just a Chinese hoax. Many scientists had reacted to this as climate change is indeed here and real. Some of the climate experts are very worried about what would Trump do with regard to the battle that the Earth is currently facing with global warming.
Schmidt added that "I'd be lying if I said that there wasn't some level of concern. But the federal government is a very, very large place. And the number of appointees is very small I don't think one should be complacent. I think people are going around going 'Oh yeah, it's just the same as the last time and it will be fine, it will be fine, it will be fine.' I'm finding it hard to muster that kind of optimism," as quoted by Science Info.
However, some of the climate experts still have high hopes that President-elect Donald Trump will cater the problems caused by climate change. After all, we all live on the same planet.
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First Posted: Nov 25, 2016 03:32 AM EST
Reports regarding the denial of the newly elected president of the United States, Donald Trump, with regard to climate change are still blazing in headlines. Thus, NASA scientist Dr. Gavin Schmidt is surprisingly assured about one branch of science in the upcoming Trump administration.
Gavin Schmidt is a director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies and a climate scientist. He studies the changing of the atmosphere and said that it would not be easy for Donald Trump to evacuate the federal agencies of climate researchers in his term of presidency.
Gavin Schmidt told Business Insider that, "Chopping off science just to prevent people from talking about climate change won't work. You need science for hazards, for weather forecasting, and climate comes along for the ride."
It has been previously reported that Donald Trump does not believe in climate change. He mentioned that it is just a Chinese hoax. Many scientists had reacted to this as climate change is indeed here and real. Some of the climate experts are very worried about what would Trump do with regard to the battle that the Earth is currently facing with global warming.
Schmidt added that "I'd be lying if I said that there wasn't some level of concern. But the federal government is a very, very large place. And the number of appointees is very small I don't think one should be complacent. I think people are going around going 'Oh yeah, it's just the same as the last time and it will be fine, it will be fine, it will be fine.' I'm finding it hard to muster that kind of optimism," as quoted by Science Info.
However, some of the climate experts still have high hopes that President-elect Donald Trump will cater the problems caused by climate change. After all, we all live on the same planet.
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