The article discusses a warning from nearly 2,000 prominent American scientists, including Nobel laureates, regarding the detrimental effects of the Trump administration's cuts to scientific research funding. They express concerns about a "climate of fear" within the research community, where scientists are pressured to remove references to terms seen as objectionable, like 'climate change.' This situation jeopardizes independent research and scientific integrity, with significant implications for public health and innovation. The letter outlines the real dangers posed by ongoing budget cuts and pressures on scientific institutions, emphasizing the importance of science for society.
Nearly 2,000 leading American scientists, including dozens of Nobel Prize winners, have issued a stark warning that the U.S. lead in science is being "decimated" by the Trump administration's cuts to research and a growing "climate of fear" that jeopardizes independent research.
As the administration cuts federal funding for scientific agencies, ends grants to scientists and defunds laboratories, there is "real danger in this moment," the authors say. "[T]he nation's scientific enterprise is being decimated."
The letter states that researchers fearing for their jobs are "removing their names from publications, abandoning studies, and rewriting grant proposals and papers to remove scientifically accurate terms (such as 'climate change') that agencies are flagging as objectionable."
Science helps humanity protect the planet and keeps pollutants and toxins out of our air, water, and food. It's essential for product innovation, technological advances, and weather forecasting.
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