# NASA climate report **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [August 3, 2025, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-climate-report/1021652 "2025-08-03T12:01:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2025, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-climate-report/1021652/1 "2025-08-03T12:01:55Z")
### **“NASA won’t publish key climate change report online, citing ‘no legal obligation’ to do so” - [Space.com](http://Space.com)** Would this not be available under FOIA? ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2025, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-climate-report/1021652/2 "2025-08-03T13:24:49Z")
> [@MikeF](#): > > NASA won’t publish key climate change report online, citing ‘no legal obligation’ to do so This seems to be the right link: > **[NASA won't publish key climate change report online, citing 'no legal...](https://www.space.com/science/climate-change/nasa-wont-publish-key-climate-change-report-online-citing-no-legal-obligation-to-do-so)** > > The decision will make it harder for the general public to access critical climate data. > The breakdown in public access has drawn concerns about government transparency and long-term support for climate research. The White House’s FY2026 budget proposal for NASA already suggests [stripping the agency of 47% of its science funding](https://www.space.com/space-exploration/what-a-waste-us-scientists-decry-trumps-47-percent-cuts-to-nasa-science-budget), though that may now be getting some [pushback from lawmakers in Congress](https://www.space.com/space-exploration/senators-push-back-on-trumps-proposal-to-cut-nasa-science-funding-by-47-percent). > > The next NCA is scheduled to be published in 2028, but its future is uncertain. According to the [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/climate/national-climate-assessment-authors-dismissed.html), hundreds of scientists already working on the upcoming report were dismissed by the Trump Administration in April. This administration is canceling even furure inconvenient information. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2025, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-climate-report/1021652/3 "2025-08-03T16:43:39Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > This administration is canceling even furure inconvenient information. [The regime has already taken down the website that specifically hosted the Fifth National Climate Assessment](https://www.npr.org/2025/07/01/nx-s1-5453501/national-climate-assessment-nca5-archive-report), although you can find [the summary](https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2023-12/fifth-national-climate-assessment-presentation.pdf) on the [EPA.gov](http://EPA.gov) site and a more brief précis on the [NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory page](https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/fifth-national-climate-assessment/). The actual report and ArcGIS ‘story map’ can be found at various non-government sites on line so it isn’t gone but this is direct violation of federal law to make the report and data freely available to the public. It has been assured that there will be no Sixth NCAR because the majority of people involved in doing the reseach and modeling have been fired from NOAA and the USDA. NASA, of course, operates the weather and climate surveillance satellites used to provide data to NOAA, other government agencies, and governments and NGOs involved in climate modeling and prediction around the world. But hey, if you [avoid seeing the danger you’ll be far more relaxed about it](https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Joo_Janta_200_Super-Chromatic_Peril_Sensitive_Sunglasses#:~:text=They%2520follow%2520the%2520principle%2520%2522what%2520you%2520don't%2520know%2520can't%2520hurt%2520you%2522%2520and%2520turn%2520completely%2520dark%2520and%2520opaque%2520at%2520the%2520first%2520sign%2520of%2520danger.%2520This%2520prevents%2520you%2520from%2520seeing%2520anything%2520that%2520might%2520alarm%2520you.%2520This%2520does%252C%2520however%252C%2520mean%2520that%2520you%2520see%2520absolutely%2520nothing%252C%2520including%2520where%2520you're%2520going), amirite? Stranger ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2025, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-climate-report/1021652/4 "2025-08-03T17:18:08Z")
Killing the messenger who brings you bad news goes way way back: > [Plutarch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutarch)’s _[Lives](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_Lives "Parallel Lives")_ includes a similar sentiment: “The first messenger, that gave notice of [Lucullus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucullus "Lucullus")’ coming was so far from pleasing [Tigranes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigranes_II "Tigranes II") that, he had his head cut off for his pains; and no man dared to bring further information. Without any intelligence at all, Tigranes sat while war was already blazing around him, giving ear only to those who flattered him” > **[Shooting the messenger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_the_messenger)** > > "Shooting the messenger" (also "killing the messenger", "attacking the messenger", "blaming the bearer of bad tidings", or "blaming the doom monger") is a metaphoric phrase used to describe the act of blaming the bearer of bad news, despite the bearer or messenger having no direct responsibility for the bad news or its consequences. > Until the advent of modern telecommunication, messages were usually delivered by human envoys. For example, in war, a messenger would be sent from one camp to anothe... And Trump is bringing this back all over. I was just reading yesterday: > **[Trump fires commissioner of labor statistics after weaker-than-expected jobs...](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/01/trump-erika-mcentarfer-jobs-report-fired.html)** > > Trump accused BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer of being a political appointee who was manipulating jobs data. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2025, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-climate-report/1021652/5 "2025-08-03T17:49:21Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > This administration is canceling even furure inconvenient information. Now the coffee kicks in, I mean, future. The whole thing makes me furious… ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2025, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-climate-report/1021652/6 "2025-08-10T02:16:30Z")
Did you guys see this: [US to rewrite its past national climate reports.](https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250807-us-to-rewrite-its-past-national-climate-reports) What does it take to have standing to sue the US government? ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2025, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-climate-report/1021652/7 "2025-08-10T02:47:40Z")
> [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](#): > > What does it take to have standing to sue the US government? As an (presumably) American citizen, you have a legal right to the National Climate Assessment Reports per the [Global Change Research Act of 1990](https://www.congress.gov/bill/101st-congress/senate-bill/169/all-info) and all of the supporting data. There are, of course, copies online on non-governmental sites but don’t expect another assessment to be performed: # [NPR: “White House dismisses authors of major climate report”](https://www.npr.org/2025/04/29/nx-s1-5380816/climate-assessment-authors-released) Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2025, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-climate-report/1021652/8 "2025-08-10T03:14:03Z")
Trump and Co. have found the solution to all those inconvenient scientific measurements of carbon levels; get rid of the satellites that play a key role in measuring carbon. > **[NASA Planning for Unauthorized Shutdown of Carbon Monitoring Satellites - Eos](https://eos.org/research-and-developments/nasa-planning-for-unauthorized-shutdown-of-carbon-monitoring-satellites)** > > Despite warnings that their actions are illegal, Duffy and other senior NASA officials have continued to secretly direct NASA employees to draw up plans to end at least two major satellites missions specifically designed to monitor global carbon... As Peg & Kat sing: > **[Peg + Cat | The Problem is Solved! (Song)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8xUJY0-dDg%2F)** > > An animated preschool series that follows an adorable spirited little girl, Peg, and her sidekick, Cat, as they encounter unexpected problems that require fu...