# Professor Steven Koonin is quoted in a story detailing the Trump Administration's preparations for the next National Climate Assessment

1 Faculty News February 18, 2020 ![Scientific American logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_032572.jpg?itok=4s1fploC)>

Excerpt from [Scientific American](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trump-administration-begins-work-on-next-national-climate-report/) -- "But critics of climate science close to the White House believe the effort could take a more adversarial approach compared with earlier versions. [Steve Koonin](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/steven-koonin), a physics professor at New York University, said he has pitched Droegemeier on the idea of incorporating a red-team review into the National Climate Assessment. The exercise could allow science critics to use discredited theories to challenge consensus research on rising temperatures, scientists have said."

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