This isn’t just bureaucratic red tape—it’s a direct blow to climate research. Without this data, scientists lose a key tool for understanding how fast polar ice is disappearing, which has huge implications for predicting sea-level rise and extreme weather. It’s another sign of how science is getting sidelined for political reasons.

In the latest attack on science by the Trump administration, researchers at the National Snow and Ice Data Center will no longer receive data from a fleet of military satellites.

The Trump administration has blocked climate scientists from accessing crucial satellite data on sea ice—information that comes from military satellites. Researchers at the National Snow and Ice Data Center, who rely on this data to track melting ice and climate change, are now left in the dark.

US military cuts climate scientists off from vital satellite sea-ice data

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