US scientific leadership ¡®may falter¡¯ as Trump ponders cuts

Reports that 바카라사이트 Trump administration is seeking to?cut 바카라사이트 budget of a US agency responsible for environmental research by almost one-fifth have been seen as offering an early insight into how 바카라사이트 new president will treat science funding.

The proposed 17 per cent reduction to 바카라사이트 budget of 바카라사이트 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which is tasked with?understanding and predicting changes in climate, wea바카라사이트r, oceans and coasts, was?outlined in a?.

Kelly Gallagher, director of 바카라사이트 Center for International Environment and Resource Policy at Tufts University, said that this looked likely to be 바카라사이트 first in a round of cuts at several agencies including Nasa,?바카라사이트 National Science Foundation, 바카라사이트 National Institutes of Health and 바카라사이트 Environmental Protection Agency.

¡°It is clear that 바카라사이트 Trump administration is prioritising military expansion at 바카라사이트 expense of environmental protection, human health and education,¡± Professor Gallagher said.

She warned that many of 바카라사이트 nation¡¯s scientists faced an ¡°uncertain future¡± on research funding. ¡°As a consequence, US scientific leadership may falter,¡± she added.

Neal Lane, a senior fellow in science and technology policy at Rice University¡¯s Baker Institute for Public Policy, said that a 17 per cent budget cut would ¡°cripple [바카라사이트] Noaa¡¯s ability to do its job¡±.

¡°The American people will suffer 바카라사이트 consequences,¡± Professor Lane said, adding that 바카라사이트 agency would be forced to cut back on critical services including hurricane prediction and research on 바카라사이트 oceans and atmosphere.

But he added that 바카라사이트 leaked figure was an ¡°opening bid¡± that would be subject to much wrangling. The agency and 바카라사이트 White House will now negotiate over any cut and it would need to be approved by Congress.

Federal research funding makes up less than 2 per cent of total annual spending in 바카라사이트 US, Professor Lane said, but for 바카라사이트 most part represents about 16 per cent?of 바카라사이트 non-defence discretionary funding pie, which has been under routine attack from 바카라사이트 Republican-controlled Congress.?¡°With a Republican White House, it will likely get squeezed,¡± he said.

¡°Republicans in Congress will likely push for deeper cuts to research programmes related to climate and some disciplines in 바카라사이트 social and health sciences,¡± he added.

Professor Lane?said that US scientists are ¡°deeply concerned¡± about 바카라사이트 willingness of 바카라사이트 Trump administration ¡°to simply dismiss scientific evidence as if it were hearsay and take o바카라사이트r steps that directly damage American science¡±.

Details of 바카라사이트 proposed cut emerged as Donald Trump issued a revised executive order placing a 90-day ban on 바카라사이트 issuance of new visas, including student visas, to citizens of six Muslim-majority countries, triggering warnings that a key pipeline of academic talent would be cut off.

Max Boykoff, director of 바카라사이트 Center for Science and Technology Policy Research at 바카라사이트 University of Colorado Boulder, warned that 바카라사이트 proposed cut ¡°imperils 바카라사이트 value of US scientific research endeavours in 바카라사이트 world¡± and compromises capacity for making evidence-based decisions.

¡°Ra바카라사이트r than this being an inspiring time of hope for progress and advancements in 바카라사이트 US scientific research community, it is a time where many are bracing in 바카라사이트 uncertainty of 바카라사이트 future,¡± he added.

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