Trump administration is ending NOAA data service used to monitor sea ice off Alaska

Arctic sea ice has been hitting record lows. Scientists just lost a critical tool for studying it.

Wintertime shore ice near the village of Shaktoolik. (Laura Kraegel/KNOM) The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced on Tuesday that it will defund a program that catalogs decades sea ice data in Alaska. Scientists say the program’s termination could create a gap in climate research at a time when polar ice is dwindling to historic lows. Rick Thoman, a climate specialist at the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy i…

Trump Administration Decommissions Sea Ice Data That Sounded an Alarm on Arctic Climate Change - Inside Climate News

Cuts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are now degrading the datasets used to monitor the most rapidly warming parts of the planet. More such moves are coming, NOAA has warned.By Peter AldhousKey datasets used to monitor the impacts of climate change in the Arctic have emerged as the latest victim of cost-cutting by the Trump administration at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Trump administration is ending NOAA data service used to monitor sea ice off Alaska

Scientists worry as services that provided detailed and historic information about sea ice, snowpack, glaciers and other Arctic conditions are being discontinued

NOAA Halts Maintenance of Key Arctic Data at National Snow and Ice Data Center

body {background-color: #D2D1D5;} Research & Developments is a blog for brief updates that provide context for the flurry of news regarding law and policy changes that impact science and scientists today. The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) may no longer actively maintain or update some of its snow and ice data products after losing support from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, according to a 6 May announcement. …

Let’s tell Congress not to cut NOAA’s work – including national marine sanctuaries, fisheries and weather

Ocean activist Dan Haifley says planned cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s budget would harm Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, fisheries management, scientific data collection and analysis and the National Weather Service, which saves lives and supports our economy. He urges readers to contact Congress to protest the cuts. The post Let’s tell Congress not to cut NOAA’s work – including national marine sanctuaries…

Trump Administration Decommissions Sea Ice Data That Sounded an Alarm on Arctic Climate Change

Cuts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are now degrading the datasets used to monitor the most rapidly warming parts of the planet. More such moves are coming, NOAA has warned. By Peter Aldhous Key datasets used to monitor the impacts of climate change in the Arctic have emerged as the latest victim of cost-cutting by the Trump administration at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.