You rely on this agency’s data for weather and climate forecasts. DOGE is decimating its workforce.

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By Sachi Kitajima MulkeyMar 18, 2025, 3:19 pm509 ptsHotTop
Late last month, Rebecca Howard was fired from her dream job. With less than two hours’ notice, the research biologist was told to leave her position with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, surveying Alaskan shellfish and pollock populations. Howard is one of the more than 1,000…

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