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'The White House has instructed NASA employees to terminate two major, climate
change-focused satellite missions.
As
NPR reports, Trump officials reached out to the space agency to draw up
plans for terminating the two missions, called the Orbiting Carbon
Observatories. They've been collecting widely-used data, providing both oil and
gas companies and farmers with detailed information about the distribution of
carbon dioxide and how it can affect crop health.
One is attached to the International Space Station, and the other is collecting
data as a stand-alone satellite. The latter would meet its permanent demise
after burning up in the atmosphere if the mission were to be terminated.
We can only speculate as to why the Trump administration wants to end the
missions. But considering president Donald Trump's staunch climate change
denial and his administration's efforts to deal the agency's science
directorate a potentially existential blow, it's not difficult to speculate.
Worse yet, the two observatories had been expected to function for many more
years, scientists working on them told
NPR. A 2023 review by NASA concluded
that the data they'd been providing had been "of exceptionally high quality."
The observatories provide detailed carbon dioxide measurements across various
locations, allowing scientists to get a detailed glimpse of how human activity
is affecting greenhouse gas emissions.'
Via Kenny Chaffin.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
