We Can Protect the Nation’s Investment in Science
If the Trump regime’s proposed 2027 budget is passed, it will undermine science as we know it in the U.S.
With cuts of nearly 70% in some areas, the current administration seems determined to destroy our nation’s overall leadership in the sciences, with disproportionate reductions for geography, climate, and spatial science.
Here’s what Congress will be considering:
37% slashed from the U.S. Geological Survey’s budget.
47% cut from NASA Science.
67% cut from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Oceanic and Atmospheric Research.
55% cut from the National Science Foundation, including a complete shutdown of the Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences, which supports virtually all geography programming at the NSF.
If some of these numbers seem familiar, it’s because they are: The President proposed slashing NSF’s budget by precisely this much last year. Much of this proposal was defeated, thanks to people like …
