Dozens of similar rallies were held across the country on Friday, including one in Washington, D.C., which drew more than 1,000 people.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration houses key groups like the National Weather Service. Experts warn the consequences of employee cuts could be drastic.

The administration’s hiring freezes and dismissal of probationary staff will be devastating to our mission, as we are losing some of our best young, brilliant scientists’ — Nick Tolimieri, president o

When combined with the federal hiring freeze, recently terminated staff said the cuts put their organizations on a trajectory to break. Mass layoffs struck the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Organization (NOAA) late last week,

Scientists and politicians are sounding the alarm about potential consequences of the layoffs, including keeping people safe and protecting the economy.

Hundreds of weather forecasters and other federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) employees in Maryland were laid off Thursday, and more could be on the way.

A Democratic senator said the cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will be “dangerous” for the environment and the economy.

The job cuts affected multiple divisions, including the National Weather Service, National Marine Fisheries Service and the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, former NOAA

The Trump administration says cuts are coming to NOAA. Without its weather forecasting, insurance companies may refuse to provide coverage in high-risk areas.

The terminations come days before a potential severe weather outbreak in the southeastern U.S. — and just months ahead of the next Atlantic hurricane season.

You can’t fly without it.” The agency has 22 weather service units around the country that provide detailed analysis and support to FAA air traffic controllers as the weather changes. “They provide all of the information that’s used to make predictions about delays,

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is set to lay off approximately 20% of its workforce, The New York Times reported—the latest round of terminations that come after President Donald Trump reportedly told Cabinet secretaries that they,