The Trump administration says it plans to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, which is the nation’s premier atmospheric science center. The center was founded in 1960 a...

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**Foolish and counterproductive are two words that come to mind regarding the  ****Administration's plan to break up the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado.** NCAR is the **crown jewel** of atmospheric research in the nation, with an unparalleled global reputation. Its research covers an immense scientific range, including the development of new weather and climate models, essential research into atmospheric processes, technological innovations to deal with weather threats (such as aircraft turbulence and severe weather), and the use of supercomputers for environmental research and prediction, to name only a few. NCAR is a primary site for disciplinary meetings and has played an important role in training generation after generation of future atmospheric students. My career began at NCAR. Thus, it is more than disturbing when the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, **Russel Vought** , put out a message stating the NCAR would be broken up due to its "climate alarmism". Breaking up NCAR would dramatically hurt U.S. science capability and profoundly undermine the ability of the U.S. to predict both weather and climate. This in turn would put Americans at increased risk to severe weather, costing both lives and property. Yes, there are a **few** NCAR scientists who have been vocal regarding climate change, but that is certainly their right as American citizens. Their statements do not represent the organization, which is based on scientific excellence. I hope that this counterproductive and profoundly damaging plan is shelved. **U.S. weather prediction capabilities do need to be greatly improved.** Doing so requires a _strengthening_  of NCAR and building a joint effort with NOAA that would create the best weather simulation and forecasting capabilities in the world. The American Meteorological Society (of which I am a Councilor), just put out a statement on the situation.

Over the course of the year, the Trump administration cut billions in funding for the National Institutes of Health, and $500 million worth of mRNA vaccine research. “There has been erosion of trust in science and public health and medicine,” said Dr. Peter Hotez, co-director of the Center for Vaccine Development at the Texas Children’s Hospital. “But it’s not random, this occurred deliberately by bad actors for political motivation.” Dr. Francis Collins, the former director of the NIH, said he’s never seen anything like this. Cuts to NIH resulted in the cancellation of 383 clinical trials affecting 74,000 trial participants. “Many of these people very serious cancers for which we don't have a great answer, but maybe we're in the middle of discovering one, and then the trial gets stopped, and all that data is lost, and those people are basically left to drift,” Dr. Collins said. “This is immoral to drop somebody into that space.”

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