How Elon Musk’s Layoffs Are Threatening America’s Shrimp

How Elon Musk’s Layoffs Are Threatening America’s Shrimp

In the labyrinthine organizational chart of the U.S. government, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration sits conspicuously within the portfolio of the Department of Commerce. Ocean research and weather monitoring have clear economic stakes, of course, but the responsibilities of the science-oriented agency — targeted for dismantling by the Trump administration for allegedly instigating “climate change alarm” — often seem better suit…