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Donald Trump Accused of Obstructing Satellite Research into Climate Change

posted by martyb on Sunday November 19 2017, @04:04PM   
from the Science dept.

xpda writes:

President Trump has been accused of deliberately obstructing research on global warming after it emerged that a critically important technique for investigating polar sea-ice extent and concentration is being blocked.

A key polar satellite used to measure the arctic ice cap failed a few days ago, leaving the US with only three others, and those have lived well beyond their shelf lives. Scientists say there is no chance a new one can be launched until 2023 or later. None of the current satellites will still be in operation then. This will put an end to nearly 40 years of uninterrupted data on polar ice.

It seems like there would be a backup satellite, right? In fact, there was a backup satellite ready to go. Then the Trump Administration destroyed it earlier this year, by order of the US Congress. They said the storage costs were too high.

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• Re:Our government isn't a monolith Re:Our government isn't a monolith (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 19 2017, @04:37PM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 19 2017, @04:37PM (#598952)

  I really believe there's an active but secret anti-Trump movement... not from the Hellary side, but from the rest of D.C. for Trump rocking the (fucking crooked, feed my piggy bank no matter who suffers) political world. It's no longer "We the people", hasn't been for generations.

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• Re:Our government isn't a monolith (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 19 2017, @04:55PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 19 2017, @04:55PM (#598959)

  You're right, its a whole different wing of corruption.

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