The writer is a science commentator
The cool wind that has been blowing on climate science since President Trump took office is fast becoming an Arctic freeze. Earlier this month, the administration broke with tradition by slipping out information about a key climate metric — carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere — without commentary, despite a record jump.
There is also a race to save critical climate data sets after the administration indicated it would stop paying for the data to be hosted online, with sites potentially going dark from May. European research institutes have responded to transatlantic distress calls by joining forces to back up the information before it disappears or is deleted. When it comes to climate science, the US is showing signs of becoming a rogue state.