US EditionTrump administration wants to axe all of NOAA’s climate research
UNITED STATES, JUL 1 – NOAA's 2026 budget proposal would cut $1.8 billion and reduce staff by 17%, ending funding for key climate research labs and cooperative institutes nationwide.
- In February 2025, NOAA terminated around 800 probationary staff members, leading to a class-action lawsuit that alleges the dismissals were based on faulty performance evaluations.
- These firings followed a background of proposed budget cuts aiming to reduce NOAA’s workforce by about 17% and eliminate climate research programs.
- NOAA intends to reduce its budget by more than $1.8 billion, which includes shutting down research facilities such as the long-established Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory located in Miami.
- James Franklin noted these labs support hurricane forecasting models, and Alan Gerard criticized the budget as an attempt to "completely abandon climate science."
- The cuts and firings could impair NOAA’s scientific progress and public safety roles, while terminated employees face challenges due to classified performance-related separations.
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