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'' National report on climate (...) has concluded that it is extremely likely that human activity is the primary cause of global warming and I have no reason to doubt the scientific research behind the report, "said Jim Bridenstine while was heard by a commission of the Senate.
This was the first question of Democrat Senator Brian Schatz, who then asked him to confirm that he believed human activity was influencing the climate. '' Yes, '' Jim Bridenstine replied. "Do you agree that this is a change of opinion on your part?", Schatz insisted. "Yes," Jim Bridenstine confirmed.
The NASA administrator has confirmed that the space agency will continue to study the carbon circuit on Earth. "Scientific research should not be partisan," said the former Republican congressional Oklahoma. "You have my word," he added.
His appointment as director of NASA caused a wave of panic among scientists of the agency, but also among researchers beyond, not only because Jim Bridenstine has scientific experience, but because he questioned the reality global warming in 2013, stating that the temperature on Terra ceased to grow ten years ago.
Confirmed as director of the US agency in April, he wanted to give insurance last week staff NASA, he fully believed that carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere has led to global warming and that human activity is responsible for this phenomenon, says source quoted.
He also pointed out that Trump's Earth Sciences budget proposed for next year is the second largest in NASA's history. Jim Bridenstine, 42, was invested by NASA's 13th NASA administrator, at Washington headquarters, by Vice President Mike Pence.
Bridenstine has been a pilot in the Navy for nine years and participated in combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan before returning to Oklahoma to serve as the chief executive officer at Tulsa Air and Space Museum & Planetarium. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 2012.
During the Barack Obama administration, NASA has prepared astronauts to be sent to Mars for several decades, but the Trump administration has discussed less ambitious targets, including a return to the Moon.
Trump has proposed that private companies assume more responsibilities in space exploration and exploration, including the United States contribution to the International Space Station (ISS).
