Congress' Attack on Geosciences Is a Dangerous Game

The Earth (you may be familiar with it). NASA The current U.S. Congress is trying desperately to brush science they don’t agree with under the rug. It’s a dangerous game where they are willing to risk the safety of the country because of their misguided ideological views on climate change (backed by powerful and wealthy donors) and end up putting the future of the country in danger by not only cutting funding to the Geosciences, but by portraying the field as outside the “core” and “hard” scienes. This Cold War against the study of the Earth has to be stopped if we want to secure a future for the country and the planet that allows continued growth and security for all people. Lamar Smith (R-TX), John Culberson (R-TX) in the House and Ted Cruz (R-TX) in the Senate are the Longhorn Trifecta most adamant to send Geosciences to the curb. ...