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• Jeff Foust
Trump plan to dismantle NCAR threatens data and capabilities that support space science
The Trump administration's proposal to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) threatens core atmospheric research infrastructure, with knock‑on impacts for space‑science capabilities that rely on NCAR's models, observations and data services. Curtailing NCAR would weaken climate research, satellite mission support and operational forecasting.
