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NOAA is currently understaffed by 20-40% and the Trump administration plans to cut even more funding. Under the bill $200 million more would be taken away, totaling $2.2 billion dollars cut from ...
As the weather agency struggles to maintain forecasting, startups are launching more tech to gather critical data.
In a June 5 hearing on Capitol Hill, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick defended the cuts, saying NOAA is “transforming how we track storms and forecast weather with cutting-edge technology.” ...
Lawmakers from both parties have so far rejected steep cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) proposed by the Trump administration.
Congressman Magaziner argues the funding reduction is short-sighted, but one of his Republican colleague argues spending ...
The murky future of Boulder’s four NOAA research labs has brought renewed attention to their economic, scientific and ...
Lawmakers and weather experts warned about the proposed cuts to NOAA, which also calls for the closure of a facility responsible for many of the forecasts that help protect South Florida. NBC6’s ...
Budget cuts to NOAA are mostly directed at its climate programs, not forecasting. President Donald Trump has indicated wanting to phase out FEMA and have emergency responses be handled by states.
Advances in AI have proved to be effective at predicting where hurricanes will go, but experts say more work is needed before they can thoroughly predict the power of a storm.
As the U.S. enters its first peak hurricane season after a slew of cuts to the agency that handles most of the country’s ...