Trump Administration Proposes Cuts to NASA's Carbon Monitoring Satellites
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Summary
The Trump Administration's 2026 budget proposal includes cuts to NASA science programs, specifically targeting the Orbiting Carbon Observatories (OCO-2 and OCO-3), which provide critical global atmospheric carbon data. These satellites have been instrumental for climate scientists, agriculture, and industries like oil and gas. The proposal threatens to terminate these missions, raising concerns about the future of climate monitoring.
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The Orbiting Carbon Observatories are a pair of instruments that map atmospheric carbon on a global scale.
Trump’s budget proposal threatens both missions, but the standalone OCO-2 would be compl.
The Orbiting Carbon Observatories have been a game-changer for agriculture and climate science.
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