Mark Eakin, a recently retired NOAA veteran who ran its Coral Reef Watch program for many years, told the Miami Herald he was alarmed by the “indiscriminate” slashes throughout the agency, which oversees everything from cutting-edge climate research to day-to-day operations that farmers and fishers rely on, as well as life-saving weather warnings.
Democrats representing Florida in Congress signed onto a letter urging the federal government to reconsider staffing cuts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Weather Service (NWS) ahead of hurricane season.
The Trump administration may end leases for some of NOAA's offices while the agency terminates several advisory committees at the important weather and climate agency.
Lori Arguelles, a former NOAA official, spoke to Newsweek about the biggest ways Americans could be impacted by the recent cuts to the agency.
Current and former staff at the federal government’s leading climate agency are warning of threats to public safety following the mass firing of hundreds of employees. The first round of terminations at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration took place last week as the Department of Governmental Efficiency targets thousands of probationary employees who can
Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday he supports DOGE, but also praised the National Hurricane Center and said it will probably be "OK."
Widespread firings at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration could affect everything from tornado alerts to weather forecasts on your phone
Florida Democratic Congress members have sent a letter to the director of the federal Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought, urging him to reconsider slashing federal jobs held by meteorologists and hurricane experts.
Layoffs last week at NOAA’s Office of Aircraft Operations, home of the NOAA Hurricane Hunters, threaten to reduce the quality of data critical for hurricane monitoring, prediction, and warning. On February 28, NOAA terminated two flight directors and one electronic engineer.
NOAA staff members, like thousands of others, were caught up in the mass terminations underway in the federal government.
T he Trump Administration has begun firing probationary employees at the federal agency tasked with overseeing weather prediction and climate research, raising concerns about the
The mass firing — of educated, specialized workers who viewed themselves as the next generation of scientists protecting life and property — could stretch NOAA’s workforce thin and hinder ...