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State and regional environmental advocates are pushing federal lawmakers to halt proposed funding cuts that would shut down ...
A new proposed federal budget from the U.S. House of Representatives would likely spare iconic research labs in Boulder, but still leave a deep gash in funding.
A detailed expense budget for NOAA outlines plans to reduce spending and cut climate and atmospheric research.
WASHINGTON– Despite recommending the restoration of nearly $1.3 billion in previously threatened funds, a spending plan ...
The Trump administration wants to reduce the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s budget by $2.2 billion, ...
They're wholly destroying critical offices, like NOAA's Oceanic and Atmospheric Research line office, which is foundational to the agency's mission to protect life and property," said Rep. Zoe ...
On Wednesday, some of the nation’s top hurricane scientists joined House Democrats for a virtual press conference to sound the alarm on proposed budget cuts that would severely degrade hurricane ...
NOAA ocean research laboratories and cooperative institutes would reportedly close if the budget is enacted, which will then affect the operations of the National Weather Service.
Colorado is the only state with two NOAA cooperative institutions. The Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) works through Colorado State University, and the Cooperative ...
The plan would cut NOAA’s budget by 27 percent overall and eliminate a research branch of the agency studying the world’s weather, climate and oceans.
In 2022 NOAA staff were able to set up a temporary measurement site at a University of Hawai’i astronomical observatory located on nearby Mauna Kea. Why is the Mauna Loa Observatory so important?
"When you cut the research, you cut the ability to improve the forecasts and the predictions," former NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad told CBS News Friday. "It's not just hurricanes or tornadoes.