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Early climate models got global warming right – but now US funding cuts threaten the future of climate science data

Since the 1960s, scientists have been developing and honing models to understand how the earth’s climate is changing. These models help predict the phenomena that accompany that change, such as stronger storms, rising sea levels and warming temperatures.

The Conversation · Nov 13, 2025

Office of Space Commerce faces an uncertain future amid budget cuts and new oversight

When I imagine the future of space commerce, the first image that comes to mind is a farmer’s market on the International Space Station. This doesn’t exist yet, but space commerce is a growing industry. The Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization for education and advocacy of space, estimates that the…

The Conversation · Oct 22, 2025

Moon photobombs the sun in wild NOAA satellite image | Space photo of the day for Aug. 27, 2025

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) saw the moon pass almost directly in front of the sun and captured it on a coronagraph.

Space · Aug 27, 2025

National Weather Service’s Plan to Hire Crucial Staffers After Mass Layoffs Will Be Too Late for Wildfire Season

Key California weather forecast offices will remain

Capital & Main · Aug 8, 2025

After deep DOGE cuts, National Weather Service gets OK to fill up to 450 jobs

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will hire as many as 450 people to shore up the National Weather Service after deep cuts this spring raised concern about dangerous understaffing

The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2025

NOAA officials who led ‘Sharpiegate’ investigation placed on leave after clashing with Trump hires

The move comes days before a Senate committee votes on the nomination of Neil Jacobs, who was found to have violated the agency’s scientific integrity policy

The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2025

Trump fossil-fuel push setting back green progress decades, critics warn

US president using ‘invented’ national energy crisis to justify expansion of coal, oil and gas, experts say

The Guardian - US · Jul 20, 2025

Don’t blame the National Weather Service for the Texas flood disaster

We all need to be careful about how we get information and reach conclusions – especially now

The Guardian - US · Jul 8, 2025

Trump delays plan to cut satellite data access crucial to hurricane forecasting

Scientists warn loss of data access to Noaa and Nasa experts could set hurricane forecasting ‘back decades’

The Guardian - US · Jun 30, 2025

NOAA delays the cutoff of key satellite data for hurricane forecasting

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says it is delaying by one month the planned cutoff of satellite data that helps forecasters track hurricanes

The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2025