Bad news for weather agencies around the nation: there is a shit storm brewing in the minds of the most conspiracy-addled people you know, and their offices are right in the path. According to an internal memo sent by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) security office on Monday, an anti-government militia group has […]
‘We Just Want to Get Back to Work’: NOAA Hurricane Hunter Speaks Out After Trump’s Layoffs
Less than a month into the second term of Donald Trump, the president signed an executive order that gave the non-governmental Department of Government Efficiency broad powers to gut the federal workforce, in the name of cost-cutting. DOGE—led by the multibillionaire “special government employee” Elon Musk—has proceeded with zeal, working to scrap funding for veterans’ […]
Trump Administration Fires Hundreds of Weather Forecasters and Other NOAA Employees
Hundreds of federal workers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration were fired on Thursday, in the latest of a series of moves by the Trump administration to cull the numbers of federal workers in the sciences. The purge of the federal payroll is being led by the Department of Government Efficiency, which despite its […]
Europe’s New AI Weather Model Is Faster, Smarter, and Free—Here’s What to Know
The European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) just launched an AI-powered forecasting model, which the center says outperforms state-of-the-art physics-based models by up to 20%. The model is dubbed the Artificial Intelligence Forecasting System (AIFS). According to an ECMWF release, the new model operates at faster speeds than physics-based models and takes approximately 1,000 […]
Heavy Rains Could Trigger Mudslides in Fire-Ravaged Southern California
Heavy rains are expected to hit southern California this week, which carry the risk of mudslides to an area recently scarred by intense and widespread fires. Wildfires in California are a regular phenomenon, but last month’s fires in the Los Angeles area were a rare breed. The blazes grew rapidly, fueled by gusty Santa Ana winds […]