Climate Scientist Peter Kalmus Forced to Resign from NASA's JPL Amid Trump Administration's Dismantling of Scientific Research
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Climate scientist Peter Kalmus was forced to resign from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory after 15 years, part of a broader Trump administration assault on scientific research. JPL has lost about 30% of its staff since Trump's second term began. Kalmus warns that dismantling federally funded scientific infrastructure comes as rising global temperatures put Earth in "extreme danger," with world leaders failing to take meaningful action despite accelerating climate impacts.
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· 4 pulledI was just forced to resign from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
We're on this escalator towards warmer and warmer and warmer temperatures, and world leaders are not doing anything about it.
The JPL has lost about 30% of its staff since President Trump took office for the second time.
The dismantling of federally funded scientific infrastructure comes as rising global temperatures put the Earth in 'extreme danger.'
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