Widespread confusion and fear rippled through the federal workforce Thursday as federal agencies faced a key deadline in President Donald Trump’s push to drastically downsize the government.

Here’s the latest news concerning climate change and biodiversity loss in British Columbia and around the world, from the ...

A National Weather Service weather balloon sits ready for launch in the Upper Air Inflation Building at the National Weather ...

That's about 10% of NOAA's workforce. The first round of cuts were probationary employees, McLean said. There are about 375 probationary employees in the National Weather Service — where day-to ...

A hurricane modeling specialist fired from the National Weather Service said progress on forecast accuracy may "go backwards" ...

“The thing about weather balloons is that they give you information you can't get any other way,” said D. James Baker, a former NOAA chief during the Clinton administration. He had to cut ...

“I enjoy meteorology because weather affects everyone, and there’s always so much to learn,” Hazelton is quoted as saying in his NOAA bio. “Growing up in Florida, I experienced several ...

NOAA and the National Weather Service (NWS), which is a part of NOAA, are responsible for both routine and extreme weather forecasting nationwide – tracking hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires ...

BUT MARK SVOBODA IS CONCERNED ABOUT ADDITIONAL CUTS TO STAFF. IT ALREADY PROMPTED NOAA TO STOP OR REDUCE WEATHER BALLOON LAUNCHES, INCLUDING THOSE AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN VALLEY LAST ...

NOAA's staff oversees monitoring the world's atmosphere and the nation's weather and climate, including its most violent storms. The staff forecasts and tracks tornadoes, hurricanes, and extreme ...