President - elect Donald Trump plans to stop all research into climate change by Nasa , according to one of his senior advisers , Bob Walker . As part of a crackdown on “ politicized science ” , Nasa ’s Space Science Division will lose funding , which was expected to increase to $ 5000 next year , in favor of deep space exploration . During the election campaign , Trump pledged to completely explore the solar system by the close of the century . Nasa is currently a world leader in research into climate phenomena and its satellites are vital for collecting information on climate change .
President-elect Donald Trump plans to stop all research into climate change by Nasa, according to one of his senior advisers, Bob Walker. As part of a crackdown on “politicized science”, Nasa’s Earth Science Division will lose funding, which was set to increase to $2bn next year, in favour of deep space exploration. During the election campaign, Trump pledged to completely explore the solar system by the close of the century. Nasa is currently a world leader in research into climate phenomena and its satellites are vital for collecting information on climate change.