The administration’s hiring freezes and dismissal of probationary staff will be devastating to our mission, as we are losing some of our best young, brilliant scientists’ — Nick Tolimieri, president o

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.

Hundreds of workers at the climate research agency are being fired, including at least two Bay Area weather service employees, raising concerns about NOAA’s ability to serve the public.

In an email statement, Illinois' 17th District Congressman Eric Sorensen said some of the firings impacted workers at the Quad Cities branch of the National Weather Service.

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 ),

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.