The Trump administration has shunted one of the US federal government’s top scientific agencies onto a “non-science trajectory”, workers warn, that threatens to derail decades of research and leave the US with “air that’s not breathable and water that’s not drinkable”. Workers and scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) are warning of the drastic impacts of cuts at the agency on science, research, and efforts to protect natural resources. … Trump administration officials are seeking to abolish the scientific research division at Noaa, the Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (Oar) office. It is the latest of a series of cuts at the agency that began the second Trump administration with 12,000 employees around the world, including more than 6,700 engineers and scientists.

Other NOAA news:

• Monterey County Now: Groups within NOAA remain flexible amid federal policy and budget uncertainties
• E&E News by Politico: Climate websites revived after renewal of lapsed NOAA contracts
• ProPublica: White House proposal could gut climate modeling the world depends on
• UC San Diego Today: Blog: At UC San Diego, NOAA collaboration provides backbone for global environmental intelligence