NOAA’s latest outlook predicts an above-normal 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, with a 60% chance of exceeding typical storm activity between June 1 and November 30. Forecasters anticipate 13 to 19…
https://gcaptain.com/noaa-expects-busier-than-normal-hurricane-season/
Chris Vagasky (The Conversation)–The National Hurricane Center’s forecasts in 2024 were its most accurate on record, from its one-day forecasts, as tropical cyclones neared the coast, to its forecasts five days into…
By Valerie Volcovici April 11 (Reuters) – The administration of President Donald Trump aims to eliminate the arm of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that oversees research on climate change and refocus the U.S….
https://gcaptain.com/white-house-aims-to-eliminate-noaa-climate-research-in-budget-plan/
By Valerie Volcovici, Leah Douglas, Gloria Dickie March 23 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s regulatory freeze has injected chaos and uncertainty into a number of lucrative American fisheries, raising the risk of…
https://gcaptain.com/trumps-regulatory-freeze-throws-us-fishing-industry-into-chaos/
By Dr. Roberta Weisbrod, Executive Director of the Worldwide Ferry Safety Association
The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), encompassing the National Weather Service, the National Ocean Service, fisheries, and weather satellites, provides critically important information to shipping businesses, the military, and ordinary citizens. NOAA is the world leader in weather information; its strength depends on its network with weather agencies across the world, who share...
https://www.marinelog.com/views/op-eds/op-ed-thinking-of-privatizing-noaa-think-again/
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) achieved unprecedented accuracy in hurricane track forecasting during the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, according to a preliminary forecast verification review by the National Weather Service….
Η πρόσφατη απόφαση της Εθνικής Ωκεανικής και Ατμοσφαιρικής υπηρεσίας (NOAA) να απολύσει έως και 880 εργαζομένους έχει προκαλέσει σοβαρές αντιδράσεις. Ειδικοί εκφράζουν φόβους ότι αυτή η μείωση του προσωπικού μπορεί να έχει άμεσες επιπτώσεις στη ναυσιπλοΐα, τις λιμενικές λειτουργίες και τις προγνώσεις καιρού.
Σύμφωνα με πληροφορίες, μέσα στου απολυθέντες περιλαμβάνονται και αυτοί που είχαν πρόσφατα προσληφθεί καθώς και οι υπάλληλοι που είχαν πρόσφατα προαχθεί. Η NOAA είναι υπεύθυνη για την παροχή...
By Valerie Volcovici, Rich McKay and Leah Douglas WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Scientists and researchers are warning that the Trump administration’s firing of hundreds of workers at NOAA, the agency that…
https://gcaptain.com/trumps-firings-at-noaa-will-put-lives-at-risk/
By Lauren Rosenthal and Brian K Sullivan Feb 8, 2025 (Bloomberg) –The email arrived in US government workers’ inboxes just after 1 a.m. East Coast time on Friday, with the subject…
https://gcaptain.com/trump-unleashes-chaos-at-noaa-us-weather-and-climate-agency/
NOAA Fisheries has withdrawn its proposed vessel speed rule update aimed at protecting the critically endangered North Atlantic right whales from deadly vessel strikes. The proposed regulation, initially published in…
https://gcaptain.com/noaa-withdraws-critical-right-whale-protection-rule-changes/