The Trump administration has told the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which is the country’s leading weather agency for weather and climate science, is preparing to lose 1,000 other workers, which raised fears that the forecasts of saving life in NOAA may hinder them as a hurricane and disaster season approach.
The new chapter will come in addition to about 1,300 NOAA employees who already have to resign Or Demobilization In recent weeks. These moves have caused disturbing scientists, meteorologists and others in the agency, which includes national weather service. Some activities, including the release of weather balloons, were suspended due to lack of employment.
Together, the discounts are approximately 20 percent of the 13,000 NOAA business force.
The managers inside NOAA were informed of submitting proposals on the demobilization of workers and reorganization to reduce the agency’s employees by at least 1,000 people, according to eight people who asked not to be disclosed because they were not authorized to discuss plans publicly. This effort is part of the “applicable discounts” that President Trump requested as part of an executive order last month, as he and billionaire Elon Musk make wide rapid discounts on federal bureaucracy.
One of the people said that their managers were asked to complete their proposals by Tuesday. The proposals may include canceling some of the agency’s functions, although managers have received little directions on programs whose priorities must be determined for the cut.
NOAA representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Saturday.
The recent employees have already left NOAA operations in many worlds: prediction of hurricanes and hurricanes, supervision of fisheries and endangered species, and monitor the changes that humans bring to the Earth’s climate and ecosystems.
Noa, a 6.8 billion dollar agency, was distinguished within the Ministry of Commerce, for the discounts of some of the allies of Mr. Trump. Project 2025, the policy scheme published by the Heritage Foundation, which was repeated in many of the Trump administration’s actions, is called NOAA “one of the main engines for climate change alarm.” The document calls for the dismantling of the agency and some of its canceled or privatized functions.
Organizations, including the American Geophysical Union, which represents researchers on the ground and space, called on Congress to oppose the administration’s actions.
“Undering the operations of NOAA can risk the safety of millions of Americans and destabilize the countless industries, from agriculture, fisheries to energy and financing, and the threat of job losses and economic shrinkage”, organizations. He wrote in a letter. They pointed out that with high temperatures, harsh weather became more frequent and more harmful, making the Noaa work more important.
Keith Creter, a distinguished visitor lecturer in meteorology and climate science at the Faculty of the Holy Cross in Worsester, said the idea that private companies can replace Noaa in weather forecasting is “a serious misunderstanding.”
“The application on your phone or what you see on TV, these companies in the private sector, but these private sector companies depend on a critically on the Noaa for all the information they use to create these predictions.” “It is a coordinated effort.”
Employees who are still working in NOAA describing the feelings of deep anxiety. Their colleagues have been allowed to go out, which means that they have no idea about who may not attend to work. With government credit card groups, they cannot buy supplies for research projects or travel to recover tools installed at sea. They are scrambling to support their scientific data, fear of closing programs or renting the buildings that have been canceled.
At least three facilities Noaa were on a Federal real estate list The Trump administration has put a sign last week for its potential sale. The menu was later dropped, and it was replaced by a web page mentioned that a new inventory was “soon”.
The shooting of scientists in NOAA and other agencies, in addition to the possible discounts of federal financing to research universities and hospitals, may feed fears that the administration undermines the foundations of modern scientific leadership in America.
Friday, crowds gather in “Standing for science” gatherings In cities throughout the country, including Austin, Birmingham, Ola Boston, Chicago, Denver, Nafshael and Washington.
“This is the most challenging moment that I can remember for science,” Michael Man, Climate Researcher at the University of Pennsylvania, told the Rally in Washington, where the crowd reached 5,000 people, according to the organizers. “The science is under siege,” said Dr. Man.
Dr. Siter said that the national weather service faced budget discounts and the use of freezing and called for privatization before. He said: “But there is nothing where I just hit full pieces of workforce, or it is likely to be heated for full pieces of budget that supports important things.”
