Climate research is global — risks and responsibilities should also be distributed

CORRESPONDENCE 03 March 2026 Climate research is global — risks and responsibilities should also be distributed By Zhenhua Rui 0 , Lu Lin 1 , Hongfang Lu 2 & … Y. Frank Cheng 3 Show authors Zhenhua Rui China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing, China. View author publications Search author on: PubMed Google Scholar Lu Lin China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing, China. View author publications Search author on: PubMed Google Scholar Hongfang Lu Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, China. View author publications Search author on: PubMed Google Scholar Y. Frank Cheng Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, China. View author publications Search author on: PubMed Google Scholar Email Bluesky Facebook LinkedIn Reddit Whatsapp X Access through your institution Buy or subscribe Plans by the administration of US President Donald Trump to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research are progressing rapidly (see Nature https://doi.org/qsk2; 2025 ). The US National Science Foundation has sought proposals for privatizing NCAR’s Mesa Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado, and announced the transfer of its supercomputing centre in Cheyenne, Wyoming, to an as-yet-unnamed third party. Access options Access through your institution Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription $32.99 / 30 days cancel any time Learn more Subscribe to this journal Receive 51 print issues and online access $199.00 per year only $3.90 per issue Learn more Rent or buy this article Prices vary by article type from $1.95 to $39.95 Learn more Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout Nature 651 , 274 (2026) doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-00680-z Competing Interests The authors declare no competing interests. Related Articles Trump team plans to break up ‘global mothership’ of climate science As we breach 1.5 °C, we must replace temperature limits with clean-energy targets Exceeding 1.5 °C re...