U.S. funding cuts to Antarctic research sparks climate fears

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ITV News Correspondent Martin Stew joins scientists looking for answers to the ever more urgent climate crisis. Historically, most of those scientists have been American, leading the world in that vital research. But under the Trump administration, the U.S. is cutting their funding by more than half. Secretary Kerry, Former U.S. Special Envoy for Climate, has said he is "very sad for humanity that any one nation is standing in the way of what the science is telling us we must do to protect life". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00I'm very sad for humanity that any one nation is standing in the way of what the science tells us

00:26we must do in order to protect life. It's not a matter of politics or ideology, it's a matter of science.

00:33We have an absolute period of time within which to avoid the worst consequences of the crisis.

00:44I think today we have too few world leaders that have a strong scientific background

00:51and therefore they rely on the culture of their colleagues to inform their decisions.

00:58I think it's important to inform their decisions.

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