Multiple officials said Friday morning they were hopeful that the Trump administration might grant an exemption to the hiring freeze after weeks of lobbying by officials within the agency.

Arctic sea ice on July 19, 2022 as captured on a NASA Gulfstream V plane. Sea ice could extend as far south as the UK if a crucial system of ocean currents collapses, a new study has found.

Unless it is lifted, the freeze “is going to destroy people’s labs”, Carlson says. Funding for the NSF, as for all other federal agencies, is set by the US Congress.