Houston Press – “NASA has just released a set of breathtaking photographs showing that — despite the repeated avowals of President Donald Trump that climate change isn’t a real thing — serious changes are happening in the world, and NASA has photographic proof. The series, “Images of Change,” has been dropped at a key moment for the federal space agency’s climate change work. Under President Barack Obama, NASA was focused on Earth science and climate change studies. The research wasn’t as attention-grabbing as the work that was being done over at the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration, Texas Representative Lamar Smith’s favorite climate-change punching bag, but it was still happening. However, with the advent of the Trump administration, it’s fair to expect that NASA and any other federally funded agencies will not have the backing to do this kind of work going forward. As we’ve mentioned before, the presidential view of NASA can affect everything at the federal space agency, from its annual budget to the type of scientific research it does to the plans and missions it undertakes. While Trump’s space policy is still pretty fuzzy, it’s already crystal clear that there’s no such uncertainty on the subject of climate change…”