Congressional priorities reflected in the legislation differed sharply from the administration’s.
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U.S. Scientists Safely Retrieved from Ice-Bound Antarctic Island
Argentineans came to the aid of stranded scientists.
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NSF’s Budget Details Provide Some Good News for the Geosciences
The budget features significant funding for polar region science, including efforts to document and understand rapid changes in the Arctic and to modernize Antarctic infrastructure.
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White House Budget Plan Presents a Mixed Picture for Science
The administration’s blueprint, now with Congress, would spare some geoscience agencies because of a budget deal reached with Congress last week, but EPA, NOAA, and USGS would be hit hard.
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NSF Grant: AGU and Partners Aim at Gender Issues in Geosciences
Funding through July 2021 supports a project in the Earth, space, and environmental sciences to promote gender equity and train scientists to recognize and counteract sexual harassment.
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Strong NSF Funding Favored by House Spending Committee
Although the federal budget request lowers the agency’s funding by 11%, a House appropriations committee chair declared at a hearing his panel’s commitment to U.S. leadership in fundamental research.
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Trump Budget Would Set National Science Foundation Back a Decade
Directorate for Geosciences faces 10.7% cut.
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NSF Director Hopes for a Fair Budget
Córdova said that the geosciences "contribute immensely" to the Trump administration's expressed priorities of jobs, national security, and growing the economy.
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Hiring Freeze Sparks Worries at Science Agencies
Other presidents have instituted hiring freezes, but some federal employee representatives worry that President Donald Trump's order is different because more draconian measures might follow.
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Easterling to Lead Geosciences at National Science Foundation
The agency's departing head of geosciences will introduce Easterling to the Earth sciences community as his successor tomorrow at the American Geophysical Union's Fall Meeting in San Francisco.