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The US President has attempted to purge climate change research and other science from government websites since taking the White House.

Now fuming scientists are leading a revolt against the reality TV star in defence of “real news” and “real faces”.

US “government employees” from NASA, the Environmental Protection Agency and other agencies are thought to be behind dozens of unofficial Twitter accounts.

One Twitter account, named @RogueNASA, bills itself as “the unofficial ‘Resistance’ team of NASA”.

The account, which has more than 316,000 followers, urges fans to follow its tweets for “for science and climate news and facts. REAL NEWS, REAL FACTS”.

One tweet reads: “Rogue Twitter accounts are fun, but gov't employees and scientists are very afraid of being fired if they speak out & share facts. #resist.”

Another read: “How sad is it that government employees have to create rogue Twitter accounts just to communicate FACTS to the American public?”

Another account called @AltNatParkService is apparently run by a National Park Service staffer.

It posted: “Can't wait for President Trump to call us FAKE NEWS.

"You can take our official twitter, but you'll never take our free time!"

It comes after the Trump administration told agencies to scale back references to climate change on their websites and social media accounts.

There are fears Trump, who is a staunch climate change denier, is trying to bury evidence that fossil fuels are linked to climate change.

But now a growing rash of “resistance” Twitter accounts, which are beyond government control, are fighting back.