'I'm quitting the US after Trump called my climate work a hoax'

'I'm quitting the US after Trump called my climate work a hoax'

A US scientist who helped prove the human impact on climate change is moving to the UK as he feels he can “no longer safely” do his work in America under the Trump administration. Professor Ben Santer, who has spent almost four decades researching the human “fingerprint” on Earth’s climate, is leaving the US after a number of “concerning” incidents, including university funding cuts and calls from industry lobbyists to have him investigated. “Un…