Local scientist contributes to climate research roadmap after national assessment paused
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A University of Minnesota researcher is helping to identify priorities for climate science across the country after President Donald Trump paused and dismissed the contributors of the 6th National Climate Assessment in 2025.
Melissa Kenney is a part of a group of scientists trying to continue similar work on their own. The new paper, recently published in Earth’s Future and the Journal of the American Meteorological Society, is their first publication with Kenney as lead author.
Kenney spoke to Minnesota Now about the paper and why she felt it was important to keep the work going.
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