Firings at the Office of Aircraft Operations threaten to reduce the quality of data critical for hurricane monitoring, prediction, and warning. Layoffs last week at NOAA’s Office of Aircraft ...

Mark Eakin, a recently retired NOAA veteran who ran its Coral Reef Watch program for many years, told the Miami Herald he was ...

Without an outcry from fishermen, scientists and anyone who needs an accurate weather forecast, the National Oceanographic ...

Accurate weather data is vital to Floridians who live in a state threatened by hurricanes. NOAA's role and the firings from ...

LAKELAND, Fla. — They survived dangerous flights through hurricanes but didn’t survive DOGE cuts and now an ex-NOAA Hurricane Hunter slams the layoffs as “making no sense whatsoever.” ...

On Feb. 28, NOAA terminated two flight directors and one electronics engineer, a move that could significantly impact hurricane forecasting for the upcoming season. The cuts are a part of the ...

Experts warn that the firings could negatively impact the accuracy of weather forecasts, including hurricane predictions. While NOAA officials declined to comment, former employees and elected ...

Terminations could threaten the weather and climate agency’s public safety work and make existing staffing issues worse, ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration houses key groups like the National Weather Service. Experts warn the consequences of employee cuts could be drastic.

"They gave us 'til 5," said Hazelton, a scientist who specialized in hurricane research and modeling at the National Weather Service, the meteorological branch of NOAA responsible for weather ...

who retired in 2017 as Chief of the NOAA Hurricane Specialist Unit and cited contacts within the agency. “Due to a hiring freeze, they lost the ability to fill three more positions for flight ...