Headline is misleading , It is not a new study it is a review of existing evidence . <| sep |> sidegunner should get current level of flak cannon <| sep |> It makes perfect political and scientific sense to leave the study and funding of climate study , that is not directly related to space travel , to other agencies . If an agency that is tasked with studying climate needs NASA expertise or equipment , such as satellites and satellite launches and maintenance , it makes sense that the funding come from that other agency in and they subcontract the services from NASA . But to place NASA in the position of leadership in climate research does not make any sense . It can only lead to duplication of effort and cost . You could have climate experts in multiple agencies for no good reason . If you ' re going to do climate research as a governmental function , centralize it and contract specialized expertise from other agencies like NASA or NOAA . Don ' t just set up multiple research centers in various agencies and duplicate efforts . At the same time , we must actually consider the urgency of the research and fund accordingly . And since climate research is not of any urgency , we can start defunding the massive amount of crap science being churned out by climate researchers and start funding useful stuff , like maybe develop accurate weather forecasting out further than 48 hours . That could actually save lives .