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Figure 2

U.S. Global Change Research Program by Agency

[[image - a bar graph indicating funding for 1989 and 1990 for multiple agencies, including: NSF, DOE, USGS, NASA, NOAA, EPA, and USDA]]

Budget by Agency

Figure 2 shows FY 1989 and FY 1990 proposed budget level by agency. The individual agency efforts reflect their particular mission, and build upon their respective scientific and technical strengths.

• National Science Foundation (NSF): NSF primarily supports university-based basic research in all areas of earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences. NSF's efforts encompass all seven science elements except human interactions. The FY 1990 budget proposes $53.5 million for NSF, a 36 percent increase over FY 1989. This increase reflects Administration and Congressional commitment to doubling the level of NSF's support for university-based basic research over the next five years.

• Department of Energy (DOE): DOE maintains a program of research directed at how energy production and use affect global earth systems and how possible responses to such change may affect future energy options. As a result,