NASA Earth Science Division provides key data
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Millet, Dylan B., Belay B. Demoz, Jennifer D. Watts, and Robert Wright. “NASA Earth Science Division Provides Key Data.” Science 389, no. 6758 (2025): 357–58. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adz6100.
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In May, the US administration proposed budget cuts to NASA, including a more than 50% decrease in funding for the agency’s Earth Science Division (ESD) (1), the mission of which is to gather knowledge about Earth through space-based observation and other tools (2). The budget cuts proposed for ESD would cancel crucial satellites that observe Earth and its atmosphere, gut US science and engineering expertise, and potentially lead to the closure of NASA research centers. As former members of the recently dissolved (3) NASA Earth Science Advisory Committee, an all-volunteer, independent body chartered to advise ESD (4), we warn that these actions would come at a profound cost to US society and scientific leadership.