At the time, insiders said massive firings and changes to the agency would risk lives and negatively impact the U.S. economy. Experts also noted fewer vital weather balloon launches under NOAA ...

in another of the ongoing changes at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The Billion Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters project tallied 27 disasters that cost more than $1 ...

“All of these changes will make Americans less safe in the face of climate change.” WATCH: The scientific impact of Trump’s cuts to NOAA and the National Weather Service The move, reported ...

and staffing changes. All of its existing data is set to be archived. To scientists, it's a gut punch. "The NOAA database is the gold standard we use to evaluate the costs of extreme weather ...