Undercurrents 1.31.25 | Science Funding in trump's America

About this episode

The episode discusses recent events regarding science funding and the state of science in the US following the new presidency.

This is yet another special edition of Undercurrents - instead of sharing and discussing recent science news, articles or studies here, Julia & Ross discuss important recent events regarding funding and the state of science in the US after the first week of the new presidency. Undercurrents is a podcast series from Nerdy About Nature where we discuss recent studies, reports and news from the world of environment, ecology and climate which all impact our understanding of the world and the way we relate to it. In other words, it’s all the unseen things that happen without much notice that impact the direction or flow of our society and the world we all share. Produced by Ross Reid Hosted by Ross Reid & Julia Huggins Nerdy About Nature is a passion project whose primary goal is to provide free access for all to education about this world so that people can enjoy it more, build connection and fall in love with it, and ultimately work in ways to steward it for future generations to enjoy. We do this through short and long form videos all over social media @NerdyAboutNature, as well as this podcast you’re listening to now, and it’s all made possible thanks to support from folks…

People in this episode

Hosts: Ross Reid, Julia Huggins

Topics covered

• science funding
• US science policy
• Trump administration
• environmental education
• ecology
• climate change

Keywords

• science funding
• Trump
• US science
• ecology
• environment
• climate
• education

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Organizations: Nerdy About Nature

Places: America

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