Findings like this, I think, are the most convincing arguments for retaining NASA's highly productive climate science division. There is a breadth of talent there squandered by horrible management both intra-agency and inter-agency. The fact that it's run by Congress and has little, if any autonomy is also a very sad, sad thing. I'd much rather see it spin off into its own thing that receives a set amount of funding but lets Dr. Bolden and the board have a degree of autonomy on where to spend it, much like USPS or Amtrak. Having anthropologists and attorneys decide critical science for the future just seems archaic, myopic, and horribly miscalculated.