ARE WE HAVING FUND YET? A scientific panel created in 2002 at the behest of President Bush is failing largely due to Bush administration funding cuts and delays, according to a report issued by an independent review by the National Academy of Sciences issued Thursday.
The Climate Change Science Program was intended to improve climate research at government agencies, but funding for satellite programs and ground-based monitoring projects has been slashed, preventing much of the research necessary to make advances in the study of climate change and shape policy decisions. The biggest void in research at the program has been in the affects of climate change on human populations, the investigation found. The report called the cuts the "single greatest threat to the future success" of climate research.
--Kate Sheppard
