The cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration proposed by the Trump administration would cause a “slow and torturous” loss to weather forecasting, leaving the U.S. unaware of potential dangers, according to a study released in the scientific journal Nature on Wednesday.

The lead authors for the study, Solomon Hsiang of Stanford University and Andrew Hultgren of the University of Illinois, said in a statement released with the study that the effects of climate change would devastate the global food supply, particularly farmlands in the midwestern United States. 

Scientists also warn that although proper weather forecasting is vital to avoiding crop failures, the wide scale staff reductions at the NOAA’s various agencies have hindered weather and climate tracking efforts.

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