Paris, Nov 19, 2025 (AFP) - Without US satellites, 'we go dark', climate monitor tells AFP

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2025-11-19

US budget cuts risk creating blind spots in Earth monitoring systems that would imperil weather forecasting and climate research for years to come, the deputy chair of a key UN-backed climate monitoring body warned in an AFP interview. Peter Thorne is the deputy chair of the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), a little-known but crucial UN-backed programme that tracks and evaluates data on the atmosphere, land and ocean. "In the 30 years I've......

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