Astronauts Blast NASA Global Warming Stance

Astronauts Blast NASA Global Warming Stance

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A group of 49 former NASA scientists and astronauts believes NASA is playing fast and loose with climate change science. In March, the group sent a letter to NASA administrator Charles Bolden, Jr., blasting the agency for making unwarranted claims about the role of carbon dioxide in global warming, Business Insider reported.

“We believe the claims by NASA and GISS [NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies], that man-made carbon dioxide is having a catastrophic impact on global climate change are not substantiated, especially when considering thousands of years of empirical data … it is clear that the science is NOT settled.” the group wrote, requesting that NASA refrain from mentioning CO2 as a cause of global warming in future press releases and websites.