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Trump's Budget Cuts Endanger Key Climate Research Lab

7/1/2025

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The Trump administration's budget proposal threatens the future of the Mauna Loa laboratory in Hawaii, a vital hub for tracking atmospheric CO2 since 1958 and home to the renowned Keeling Curve. This move, alongside cuts to other climate labs, signals a troubling shift in NOAA's priorities from essential climate research to mere weather forecasting.

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The Trump administration's budget proposal threatens the future of the Mauna Loa laboratory in Hawaii, a vital hub for tracking atmospheric CO2 since 1958 and home to the renowned Keeling Curve. This move, alongside cuts to other climate labs, signals a troubling shift in NOAA's priorities from essential climate research to mere weather forecasting.