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‘One of the most rapid transitions that I’ve seen’: NOAA forecaster on how this year’s El Niño could shatter records NOAA

‘One of the most rapid transitions that I’ve seen’: NOAA forecaster on how this year’s El Niño could shatter records

Our warming world is set to enter an El Niño period as early as May , with a high likelihood of southern North America experiencing supercharged temperatures. One of the three phases of the natural El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle in the Pacific Ocean, El Niño events occur every two…
bubmag
May 1, 2026
Inexpensive seafloor-hopping submersibles could stoke deep-sea science—and mining NOAA

Inexpensive seafloor-hopping submersibles could stoke deep-sea science—and mining

Smack dab between Australia and South America, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) research vessel Rainier is currently on a mission to map more than 8,000 square nautical miles of the Pacific seafloor in search of critical mineral deposits. But it isn’t doing it alone; for a month…
bubmag
May 1, 2026
NOAA Defends Cuts to Research and Climate Monitoring at Budget Hearing NOAA

NOAA Defends Cuts to Research and Climate Monitoring at Budget Hearing

A key Republican joined Democrats in pushing back against the Trump administration’s proposal to slash the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s research and data collection programs at a House environment subcommittee hearing Tuesday. NOAA requested a 26 percent reduction in its proposed budget for fiscal year 2027, with plans to…
bubmag
April 29, 2026
Ocean Advocates Decry Billion-Dollar Funding Cut to NOAA NOAA

Ocean Advocates Decry Billion-Dollar Funding Cut to NOAA

The Trump Administration’s fiscal year 2027 budget proposal released this week lays out significant changes to federal funding for ocean and climate programs, including cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Specifically, the White House is proposing US$1.6 billion/~€1.4 billion in cuts to NOAA, targeting climate research programs…
bubmag
April 6, 2026
Suspended NOAA satellite chief warns of threats to federal science programs NOAA

Suspended NOAA satellite chief warns of threats to federal science programs

WASHINGTON — The head of NOAA’s satellite division, on administrative leave for more than half a year, warned that workforce reductions and cuts to science programs have “lobotomized” the federal government. Speaking at the “Stand Up for Science” rally on the National Mall March 7, Stephen Volz offered his sharpest…
bubmag
March 10, 2026
Ocean speed limits protect endangered right whales. Trump wants to weaken them. NOAA

Ocean speed limits protect endangered right whales. Trump wants to weaken them.

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WABE , Atlanta’s NPR station. Since 2008, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, has imposed speed restrictions on ships 65 feet and longer when they pass through areas that North Atlantic right whales frequent in order to…
bubmag
March 10, 2026
NOAA Looks To Deregulate North Atlantic Right Whale Ship Strike Rules, Alarming Ocean Advocates NOAA

NOAA Looks To Deregulate North Atlantic Right Whale Ship Strike Rules, Alarming Ocean Advocates

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has announced it will consider deregulation of existing rules that protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales from deadly ship strikes. In a notice published this week in the Federal Register, NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service stated it was looking to “modify and…
bubmag
March 5, 2026