INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Washington: NASA's new administrator, a former lawmaker nominated by President Donald Trump to lead the US
space agency, admitted Wednesday he has changed his mind about climate change and now believes that humans are the main driver of greenhouse
gas emissions."The National Climate Assessment that includes NASA and it includes the Department of Energy, and it includes NOAA (the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), has clearly stated that it is extremely likely that human activity is the dominant cause
of global warming, and I have no reason to doubt the science that comes from that," Jim Bridenstine said at a Senate hearing.He was
answering the first question posed by a Democratic senator, Brian Schatz, who went on to ask him to confirm that humans were indeed changing
the climate."Yes," answered Bridenstine."Is it fair to call this an evolution of your views" asked Schatz, who is from Hawaii."Yes," said
Bridenstine.The NASA administrator also confirmed that the US space agency would continue to study carbon cycles on Earth."The science must
not be partisan," said Bridenstine, a Republican who served as a representative for Oklahoma in the House from 2013 until earlier this
year."You have my commitment that NASA will continue that kind of activity."His nomination to head NASA raised alarm among scientists
because not only did Bridenstine have no scientific background, he had also questioned, in 2013, whether global warming was real, saying
that temperatures had ceased to rise about a decade earlier.He was confirmed as head of NASA in April.Bridenstine has also sought to
reassure NASA personnel last week, telling them Trump's budget line for earth science in fiscal year 2019 "is higher than three of the
budgets that were passed by president (Barack) Obama."(This story has not been edited by TheIndianSubcontinent staff and is auto-generated
