Eight scientific organizations urged the next U.S. president to help protect the country from climate change by pushing for increased funding for research and forecasting.
The groups, including the American Geophysical Union and the American Meteorological Society, urged Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and Republican rival John McCain to support $9 billion in investments between 2010 and 2014 to help protect the country from extreme weather, which would nearly double the current U.S. budget for the area
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