{"id":60071924,"date":"2025-02-27T13:32:15","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T13:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/?post_type=news_digest&#038;p=60071924"},"modified":"2025-04-17T12:05:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T11:05:10","slug":"trump-cuts-swathe-through-ocean-science-and-conservation","status":"publish","type":"news_digest","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/digest\/trump-cuts-swathe-through-ocean-science-and-conservation\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump cuts swathe through ocean science and conservation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A seemingly continuous series of budget cuts and firings from the US government have left those working on ocean issues reeling in the wake of the inauguration of Donald Trump as president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since taking power on 20 January, Trump and his ally, the tech-billionaire Elon Musk, have overseen swingeing cuts to the workforces of key federal bodies, and slashed overseas and domestic funding for research and aid projects. Critics say this has caused huge harm to global health and the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ahead of his inauguration, ocean experts told Dialogue Earth they feared&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/ocean\/what-does-a-second-trump-presidency-mean-for-the-ocean\/\">the damage that might come from a second Trump presidency<\/a>. Much of it has come to pass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn just the first three weeks of Trump\u2019s term, we saw agencies remove access to at least a dozen climate and environmental justice analysis tools,\u201d write researchers Eric Nost and Alejandro Paz in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/how-to-find-climate-data-and-science-the-trump-administration-doesnt-want-you-to-see-249321\">The Conversation<\/a>. \u201cThe new administration also scrubbed the phrase \u2018climate change\u2019 from government websites, as well as terms like \u2018resilience\u2019\u201d. Nost and Paz are now involved in a project to save environmental data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some staff at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/laist.com\/brief\/news\/climate-environment\/trump-officials-signal-potential-changes-at-noaa-the-weather-and-climate-agency\">anticipating<\/a>&nbsp;significant job cuts, as Musk\u2019s team slashes employee numbers at federal agencies. Others have been told to cease any contact with foreign nationals, scuppering work on fisheries and international treaties, according to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/climate-environment\/2025\/02\/06\/noaa-fisheries-international-communication-doge\/\">Washington Post<\/a>. Meanwhile, Trump has nominated Neil Jacobs as Noaa\u2019s head, a man who has already served one&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/former-top-noaa-scientist-craig-mclean-trump-sharpie-gate-warning\/\">troubled<\/a>&nbsp;stint as its leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Across the world, NGOs are also in shock following the effective shutdown of the United States Agency for International Development (USAid), which has triggered \u201cstop work orders\u201d for many partner organisations. Staff have been placed on leave and grants thrown into limbo. USAid is the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2025\/02\/06\/what-the-data-says-about-us-foreign-aid\/\">largest<\/a>&nbsp;single donor of aid globally, powering tens of billions of dollars in funding every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These cuts have already reduced the US National Science Foundation\u2019s workforce by 10% (168 people),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/02\/18\/nx-s1-5301049\/national-science-foundation-fires-roughly-10-of-its-workforce\">according to NPR<\/a>. Researchers have warned the cuts could imperil ocean research in the US. They also undermine the foundation\u2019s funding recipients that monitor the global ocean, including universities, research vessels and the US Antarctic base.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aseemingly continuous series of budget cuts and firings from the US government have left those working on ocean issues reeling in the wake of the inauguration of Donald Trump as president.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":60006658,"template":"","categories":[50039901],"tags":[40027778,580],"country":[50040700],"digest-collection":[50039911,50039912],"class_list":["post-60071924","news_digest","type-news_digest","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ocean","tag-marine-protection","tag-policy","country-united-states-of-america"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v26.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trump cuts swathe through ocean science and 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