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‘We need to be ready for a new world’: scientists globally react to Trump election win

Trump’s decisive defeat of Kamala Harris spurs fears about the future of the United States among researchers.
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  1. Jeff Tollefson
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Scientists around the world expressed disappointment and alarm as Republican Donald Trump won the final votes needed to secure the US presidency in the early hours of 6 November. On account of Trump’s anti-science rhetoric and actions during his previous term in office, many are now bracing for four years of attacks on scientists, both in and outside the government.

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Nature 635, 263-264 (2024)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-03635-4

With additional reporting from Davide Castelvecchi, Elizabeth Gibney, Max Kozlov and Alix Soliman.

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