NOAA

May 9, 2025
As NOAA shutters its database of expensive weather-related disasters, who will fill the gap?
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The insurance industry used the public database to estimate future costs, while local governments turned to it for lessons on building resilient infrastructure.
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Oct 13, 2017
Some of NOAA’s satellites are still dependent on floppy disks
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But they're still getting the job done.
Aug 15, 2017
Government science agencies still lack permanent leaders
Of 577 key federal jobs requiring Senate confirmation, only 106 have had nominees put forward by President Trump. That’s according to the count by the Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service. Those vacancies include leadership roles at NASA and NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. With no one at the helm, science-based […]
Aug 4, 2010
How healthy and clean was seafood from the Gulf of Mexico before the oil spill?
According to a lot of people I've talked to for stories about the oil spill, demand for Gulf seafood is off. It seems like a lot of people are a…

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