Steep decline in research satellites will degrade Earth system studies – NYTimes

NASA--An artist’s rendering of NASA’s NPP satellite in space. Launched last October, it is the first satellite designed to collect data for both short-term weather forecasting and long-term climate monitoring.

The precipitious decline of funding for US-based research satellites will imperil efforts to monitor the Earth system, a National Research Council report stated. Atmospheric Sciences’ Dennis Hartmann is quoted. Read more here.