A California weather expert is one of many issuing a dire warning after reported firings within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which also includes the National Weather Service. The Trump administration reportedly started the mass firings,

Elon Musk has spent the past month destroying the U.S. federal government with his team of DOGE goons, taking a chainsaw to USAID, NOAA, Social Security, and countless other vital agencies. And while President Donald Trump is ostensibly the guy in charge of the country,

The firings are part of a mass purge of the federal workforce by the Trump administration, which argues the “federal government is costly, inefficient, and deeply in debt,” ac

The Trump administration says cuts are coming to NOAA. Without its weather forecasting, insurance companies may refuse to provide coverage in high-risk areas.

A federal judge in California ruled late Thursday President Trump and Elon Musk’s mass firings of probationary government employees were illegal, siding with a coalition of labor unions and nonprofit groups.

At the moment, though, it is science itself that is being shaped. Mere weeks into the second Trump administration, scientists worry that their flagship institutions are under assault. The National Scientific Foundation ( NSF) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ),

By Valerie Volcovici, Rich McKay and Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Scientists and researchers are warning that the Trump administration's firing of hundreds of workers at NOAA, the agency that provides the U.

The terminations come days before a potential severe weather outbreak in the southeastern U.S. — and just months ahead of the next Atlantic hurricane season.

Jay Grymes notes there are likely inefficiencies within NOAA that could be addressed, but cautions that weakening core weather and climate roles could pose serious risks to Louisiana.

Several news agencies reported that NOAA, a Commerce Department agency that provides weather and oceanographic data to shipping, has begun firing staff. CBS News reported that some 880 employees lost their jobs, while CNN reported that the cuts impacted around 800.