The move means the congressionally mandated report, which projects the domestic effects of climate change, could be delayed, scrapped or watered down, experts said.

The move plunges the congressionally mandated report into disarray and raises questions about whether the president will fill the void with pseudoscience.

President Donald Trump's administration on Monday disbanded the authors of the United States' premier climate report, a move scientists said threatens to derail a critical assessment mandated by Congress and vital to the nation's preparedness against global warming.