NASA may need to shift priorities away from climate research at the request of the Trump administration. This includes the decommissioning of two important satellite missions that have proved essential to climate and ecological monitoring in the past decade. The repercussions could be far-reaching.

How is climate research being affected?

While NASA is known for its exploration of the cosmos, the agency also plays a pivotal role in climate science. One way is through its collection of climate data. Now the Trump administration is calling for the destruction of two satellite missions that have been crucial in global climate monitoring. The missions are collectively known as the Orbiting Carbon Observatories (OCO), and they can "precisely show where carbon dioxide is being emitted and a

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