'Everyone is vulnerable': Trump presidency a risk to Australia's climate science

By Peter Hannam
Updated November 13 2016 - 2:13pm, first published 1:16pm
Australia relies on US science programs for key weather and climate inforamation. Photo: NASA
Australia relies on US science programs for key weather and climate inforamation. Photo: NASA
Republican president-elect is a widely seen as a climate change denier. Photo: Gerry Broome
Republican president-elect is a widely seen as a climate change denier. Photo: Gerry Broome
Tropical cyclones Lam and Marcia over Australia in February 2015 in imagery supplied from the US. Photo: NOAA
Tropical cyclones Lam and Marcia over Australia in February 2015 in imagery supplied from the US. Photo: NOAA

A Trump presidency in the US could have serious impacts on Australia's climate science and other research, with fears the cuts could be "CSIRO times 50".

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