san francisco climate scientists worry president-elect donald trump slash budget sideline research enter survival mode trim word climate change study proposals emphasize business applications work safeguard data show global warm real early reactions gather reuters dozen interview may foretell broad shift u.s. climate science community enjoy solid political financial support president barack obama could isolate new administration skeptical climate change commit expand oil drill coal mine think maybe really necessary refocus label say andreas prein scientist federally fund national center atmospheric research previously change term climate change project oil industry expect linguistic twist proliferate trump question whether climate change exist raise possibility withdraw u.s. support global accord reduce carbon dioxide emissions overwhelm majority scientists believe drive sea level rise droughts frequent violent storm trump also prepare nominate cabinet members close oil industry tie include exxon mobil ceo rex tillerson secretary state former texas governor rick perry energy secretary member transition team raise concern among scientists month send questionnaire department energy seek name researchers work climate change issue move trump team late disavow federal fund climate change research technology international assistance hit 11.6 billion 2014 2.4 billion 1993 accord u.s. government accountability office trump explicitly say would cut fund one advisers tell guardian newspaper last month climate research nasa would eliminate trump transition team official respond repeat request comment prein national center atmospheric research say replace politically charge term climate change global change project submit oil industry say regardless label interest climate research would likely endure give importance extreme weather forecast broad array industries like insurance energy however concern longer-term work crucial understand scope global warm could lose critical support climate scientist ben sanderson also ncar tell reuters apply renew fund assess uncertainty climate change proposal would defensible without refer climate change explicitly talk weather risk general say tracey holloway air quality scientist university wisconsin say believe simple word change sometimes could help scientists avoid trouble use term weather instead climate change example could work study deal short-term time scale say eric holthaus meteorologist write online magazine slate take efforts protect scientists work step spearhead effort support university pennsylvania university toronto let scientists move data onto publicly available non-government servers project call datarefuge intend eliminate chance political interference data say signal trump transition team climate change also put members obama outgo administration edge current interior secretary sally jewell tell scientists conference san francisco week must confront climate change deniers speak trump try sideline white house spokesman josh earnest late say press brief believe concern scientific community trump legitimate incoming administration determine want base policy something science look like go get least four years try opportunity see work say scientists deal stress new administration use humor university south florida glaciologist jason gulley say team list joke project science trump could weaponize glaciers ask best real estate currently hide greenland ice sheet climate scientists adjust trump build team oil ally