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Damaged equipment sits on a farm struck by Wednesday night's tornado on Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Lake City, Ark. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)

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Nearly half of National Weather Service offices have 20% vacancy rates, and experts say it's a risk
By SETH BORENSTEIN - AP Science Writer
Fri,04/04/25-12:23PM , 758 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — After Trump administration job cuts, nearly half of National Weather Service forecast offices have 20% vacancy rates — twice that of just a decade ago — as severe weather chugs across the nation's heartland,
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A National Weather Service weather balloon sits ready for launch in the Upper Air Inflation Building at the National Weather Service, April 27, 2006, in Sterling, Va. (AP Photo/Chris Greenberg, File)

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Experts say US weather forecasts will worsen as DOGE cuts mean fewer balloon launches
By SETH BORENSTEIN - AP Science Writer
Sat,03/22/25-7:42AM , 162 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — With massive job cuts, the National Weather Service is eliminating or reducing vital weather balloon launches in eight northern locations, which meteorologists and former agency leaders said will degrade the accuracy of forecasts just as severe weather season kicks in.
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Susie House, front, and David Hill hold up signs as they join hundreds of others during a large rally and protest outside the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration campus Monday, March 3, 2025, in Boulder, Colo. (Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via AP)

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The US agency that monitors weather will cut another 1,000 jobs, AP sources say
By SETH BORENSTEIN - AP Science Writer
Tue,03/11/25-2:33PM , 141 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is starting another round of job cuts — this one more than 1,000 — at the nation's weather, ocean and fisheries agency, four people familiar with the matter tell The Associated Press.
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In this satellite image provided by CSU/CIRA & NOAA taken 1:10 GMT on Feb. 25, 2025, shows three cyclones, from left, Alfred, Seru and Rae east of Australia in the South Pacific. (CSU/CIRA & NOAA via AP, File)

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Climate change, already causing problems on Earth, could soon create a mess for orbiting satellites
By SETH BORENSTEIN - AP Science Writer
Mon,03/10/25-11:00AM , 163 Reads
Climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a mess in orbit around the planet too, a new study finds.
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