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Meteorologists are rarely the heroes of major Hollywood movies. Never say never.

Hurricane forecasts have greatly improved in recent years thanks to improvements. However, due to recent federal budget cuts and staff shortages, the accuracy and reliability of forecasts are at risk.

Democrat renews alarm at missed Kansas balloon flights that assist forecasting.

For most people, this can seem like a distant policy debate until the next storm or heat emergency hits.

The program has long been one of the US seafood industry's primary federal funding sources for fisheries research, product development and marketing initiatives.

Use of AI is a valuable tool for weather prediction but only when it’s trained with ample data, experts say.

The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season starts June 1, and while early outlooks suggest that a developing El Niño might result in a tamer season than in the past few years, with below-average hurricane activity, all it takes is one big storm hitting a populated area to make it a bad hurricane season.

Appropriators rejected an amendment to prohibit funding for agreements to cancel offshore wind leases.

The House Appropriations Committee advanced a spending bill May 13 that rejects many of the cuts to NASA proposed by the administration.

Despite Congressional efforts to restore Trump administration funding cuts, many of the agency’s programs remain on hold.

After deep cuts last year, the agency is hiring hundreds. But fears linger that it isn’t equipped for imminent tornado and hurricane threats.

"Our job is to stand up to sound the alarms, and make sure that everyone understands that this proposal should not move forward."

A draft bill would preserve NASA’s overall funding but downsize the National Science Foundation’s budget by 20 percent.

The White House’s budget proposal for the 2027 fiscal year would cut NASA’s budget by 23% and force the cancellation of dozens of missions.

A draft bill would preserve NASA’s overall funding but downsize the National Science Foundation’s budget by 20%.

The U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies approved a bill proposing slimmer cuts to science agencies than those proposed in President Donald Trump’s proposed FY 2027 budget. The bill would still leave the National Science Foundation (NSF), NASA, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Census Bureau with less money than they received this year.

“Cutting research to fund operations feels like trying to fly a plane while dismantling the engine for parts,” one lawmaker said.

The National Weather Service would get a boost, and it would be required to maintain staffing levels.

Congressmembers from both sides of the aisle are vowing to reject the White House’s proposal to slash NASA’s 2027 budget by nearly a quarter.

Members of the House Science Committee rejected a proposed fiscal year 2027 budget for NASA because of sweeping cuts as the agency’s administrator argued it could do more with less.

The Trump administration is reorganizing the National Weather Service (NWS) and making changes to forecasting, while a key union representative warns the reorganization could involve potential staff cuts.

New research from consumer insights platform Ideally reveals the mission has done something the internet rarely manages: bring Americans together.

ASA recaptured the world’s attention with Artemis II, which took astronauts to the moon and back for the first time in half a century. But the agency’s scientific projects could again be under threat as the Trump administration makes a renewed push to drastically cut their funding — including at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

After two busy years with more tornado activity than normal in Wisconsin, Meteorologist Nikki Pietrus talked to experts who track those storms in the heart of tornado alley.

President Trump’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2027 offers one of the clearest signals yet about where his administration wants federal environmental and energy policy to go.

Adjusted for inflation, the FY2027 White House budget proposal for NASA would again attempt to provide the smallest budget for the space agency since 1961.

The Trump Administration’s fiscal year 2027 budget proposal released this week lays out significant changes to federal funding for ocean and climate programs, including cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).