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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) constellation includes three satellites: GEO-West, GEO-Center and GEO-East. The Office of Management and Budget recommends eliminating the central satellite. Credit: NOAA SAN FRANCISCO – A White House budget proposal calls for replacing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s future geostationary…

CLIMATEWIRE | Researchers in Oklahoma are hard at work on a new lifesaving weather forecasting system. In Michigan, they’re keeping tabs on toxic algae blooms. In Florida, they’re studying tropical cyclones by flying into the hearts of hurricanes. These are just a handful of the hundreds of research projects ongoing…

With towns and cities in the southeastern United States still reeling from hurricanes that hit last year, scientists are now releasing their forecasts for what could unfold in the hurricane season that starts in less than two months. Colorado State University is predicting nine hurricanes in 2025, four of which…

Preliminary copies of some of the US government’s spending plans suggest that President Donald Trump’s administration intends to slash climate and space science across some US agencies. At risk is research that would develop next-generation climate models, track the planet’s changing oceans and explore the Solar System. NASA’s science budget…

FEMA and NOAA officials are being forced to skip major hurricane and flood conferences ahead of disaster season because of Trump administration restrictions on travel for federal employees By Thomas Frank & E&E News An aerial view shows floodwaters surrounding a rural home on April 06, 2025 near Poplar Bluff,…

Lockheed Martin render of NOAA's next-generation Geostationary Extended Observations weather satellite constellation. DENVER — The White House’s budget proposal for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration would seek to make major changes in a weather satellite program as well as transfer space weather and space traffic management efforts. NOAA received…

A widely reported draft budget proposal is calling for major funding cuts to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and US lawmakers and environmental groups aren’t happy. The draft proposal would cut NOAA’s budget by over 25%, with the worst parts affected being the agency’s fisheries enforcement and research…

Environment Proposed cuts would wipe out NOAA’s Ocean and Atmospheric Research office among a raft of other reductions to one of the main scientific agencies of the US By James Dinneen Facebook / Meta Twitter / X icon Linkedin Reddit Email Protestors gathered in March outside the headquarters of the…

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Update, April 16, 2025: Janitorial services at Montlake Laboratory were restored on Monday. Federal scientists responsible for monitoring the health of West Coast fisheries are cleaning office bathrooms…

White House aims to end NOAA’s research office; NASA also targeted...Read More