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NOAA Cuts 'Incredible Blow' to Virginia Restoration Efforts, Group Warns
Proposed federal budget cuts could severely undermine Chesapeake Bay restoration, according to one environmental group.
'People are going to get hurt': What proposed DOGE cuts could mean for NOAA's weather buoys
The CORMP program operated out of UNCW manages nine buoys off coastal N.C. But the program could be forced to shut down due ...
Trump administration proposes scrapping NOAA research office
As talk of cuts in the federal government continues, the current administration's proposed 2026 budget eliminates the ...
NOAA's GOES-R Satellite Captures Sun Blasts Powerful X2 Flare
Sunspot 3912 erupted with an X2-class solar flare.NOAA's GOES-R satellite captures footage of the blast in multiple ...
NOAA research office could be eliminated under proposed budget cuts
NOAA ocean research laboratories and cooperative institutes would reportedly close if the budget is enacted, which will then ...
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Trump’s NOAA Has Downplayed an Alarming Finding: CO₂ Surged Last Year
Under the Trump administration, NOAA has minimized an announcement that climate-warming carbon dioxide concentrations in the ...
Federal cuts to NOAA could be an ‘incredible blow’ for Chesapeake Bay, storm reporting
The Trump administration’s plans of cutting over $1 billion to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s budget ...
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Alaska could lose a beloved climate communicator if NOAA cuts happen
The draft cuts would eliminate several research institutes the agency funds in Alaska, including the one where Rick Thoman ...
‘Trainwreck’ of NOAA funding cuts could derail Colorado research on wildfires, earthquakes and storms
After a wind burst from a thunderstorm changed the direction of the 2013 Yarnell Hill fire and killed 19 wildland ...
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NOAA takes ‘emergency action’ to open Atlantic cod fishery
The measure follows weeks of waiting for NOAA to adopt new conservation measures for the fishery — which includes cod, ...
Why was a car inside a sunk World War II aircraft carrier? NOAA researchers perplexed
A crew exploring the USS Yorktown at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean came across the unexpected sight of a Ford automobile in ...
‘Giant’ monolith discovered towering on Pacific floor, NOAA says. ‘Super weird’
A massive stone monolith has been found protruding from the Pacific Ocean seafloor like a giant finger, according to NOAA Ocean Exploration. The pillar is 49 feet high, 36 feet long and 13 feet wide, ...