NASA branches: Climate researcher Calvin has to go!

NASA branches: Climate researcher Calvin has to go!

In the course of extensive personnel reduction measures led by US President Donald Trump, NASA has announced a first wave of discharge today. As the NASA spokeswoman Cheryl Warner announced, 23 employees, including the prominent climaticologist and chief scientist Katherine Calvin, have to leave the company at the beginning. Calvin was appointed Joe Biden in 2022 and was involved in several significant UN reports on climate change. Her discharge follows the prevention of your participation in an important climate conference in China in February, which underlines the increasing concern of Trump's attitude towards climate research, which is called "fraud", while with the withdrawal from the Paris Agreement caused a setback for global climate protection, such as OE24.at reported.

NASA is one of the most important institutions in climate research at the center of criticism. With its fleet of straw observation satellites and comprehensive data records, the authority plays a crucial role in research and understanding climate change. The current round of discharge is part of a gradual degradation of personnel, which is referred to as the "reduction in force" (Rif). There is not only the dismissal of Calvin, but also the closure of the office for technology, politics and strategy as well as the department for diversity and inclusion. The announcement came at a time when NASA was considering released around a thousand temporary employees. According to Jared Isaacman, Trump's proposal for the NASA boss, Jared Isaacman had asked for a break in these cuts, which has the imbalance between research and exploration focus in NASA questioned, such as the phys.org reported. In addition to the Mars exploration, President Trump has also clearly positioned himself against research against climate change, which further exacerbates the tensions about the future orientation of the authority.