US EditionTrump administration wants to axe all of NOAA’s climate research
- 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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NOAA budget request would eliminate Boulder labs, hundreds of jobs
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has proposed a sweeping budget cut to Congress that would eliminate its entire research arm, including four Boulder-based laboratories and all university cooperative institutes nationwide, such as CIRES at CU Boulder. The new proposal aligns with President Trump’s budget request and includes a $1.8 billion cut to NOAA, more than a quarter of the agency’s total funding. Separately, the National…
Storm warning: Will a shrunken FEMA and NOAA be able to respond?
How many storms are expected? The year's Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June through November, could yield up to 19 named storms and five major hurricanes, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That's above the annual average of 14 named storms, partly a result, NOAA officials say, of higher ocean temperatures and lower trade winds. Yet disaster preparation efforts have been thrown into chaos by cuts to st…
Trump Admin Calls for Cutting NOAA Climate Research
According to a newly released document, climate research at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration may be on the Trump administration's chopping block, reports The Hill. In addition to calling for the elimination of 17% of the agency's full-time staff, the document calls for the shuttering of weather and climate labs across the country including in Mauna Loa, Hawaii, and Miami. The budget document calls for the elimination of fundin…
Trump admin proposes pulling all funding for NOAA’s climate research: Report
The proposal comes in the middle of hurricane season in the Atlantic, and as the West Coast braces for fire season. Hurricane season typically starts in June and runs through November.
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