U.S. funding cuts to climate modeling programs are severing the integrated observation systems that connect atmospheric, oceanic, and terrestrial research across North America. The Energy Exascale Earth System Model faces elimination while NOAA reductions threaten cross-border data flows essential for comprehensive climate analysis. These disruptions reveal how dependent our understanding of climate systems has become on interconnected monitoring networks that span from Arctic weather stations to satellite data streams.
Climate Model Funding Crisis Fragments Global Observation Networks
U.S. funding cuts to climate modeling programs are severing the integrated observation systems that connect atmospheric, oceanic, and terrestrial research across North America. The Energy Exascale Earth System Model faces elimination while NOAA reductions threaten cross-border data flows essential for comprehensive climate analysis. These disruptions reveal how dependent our understanding of climate systems has become on interconnected monitoring networks that span from Arctic weather stations to satellite data streams.