A regional climate research center based in Amherst could close next month because the Trump administration froze its funding and is limiting what work researchers are allowed to do.

The freeze comes at a critical time for the Northeast Regional Climate Adaptation Center. Just next week, it was set to seek additional federal funding to operate for the next six years.

“This is just another way to stop science,” said Bethany Bradley, the center’s co-director and a professor the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where the research center is hosted.

The center is one of nine regional hubs across the country supported by the U.S. Geological Survey and charged with helping state and local partners develop plans to adapt wildlife, water and land to the effects of climate change.

In mid-Aug

See Full Page