The issue focused on whether Obama or President Donald Trump would get an equal share of the climate change science research budget.

It was an issue that climate scientists have been pushing for years. The Earth Science Research Chair at the University of Virginia's climate science center, climate scientist Michael Mann, said that since Trump was elected, climate science research has been going through a "stalemate."

"We're still trying to figure out what's going to happen," Mann said. "We're still trying to figure