When the Palisades fire raged and winds whipped ash and debris into the Pacific Ocean, scientists with the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration — already out in boats doing water-quality ...

Staffing levels at the nation’s already hobbled weather, climate and oceans agency could take a further nosedive in the days ahead. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA ...

The climate science is clear. The Earth’s temperature is rising dangerously. The last two years have each been the hottest on record. We are seeing dramatic increases in the devastation from ...

Tracy J. Wholf is a senior coordinating producer of climate and environmental coverage for CBS News and Stations, based in New York. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is ...

Together with recent firings and resignations, the new cuts could hamper the National Weather Service’s ability to produce lifesaving forecasts, scientists say. By Raymond Zhong Austyn Gaffney ...

During a La Niña, a counterpart to the El Niño weather pattern, drier than normal conditions are to be expected. But 2023, a La Niña year, turned out to be California’s 10th-wettest year on ...

The Trump Administration launched another set of cuts to the federal workforce with hundreds of employees fired at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a move that could lead to ...

On November 8, 2024, from Brownsville to the Florida Keys the people of the Gulf Coast went about their daily lives as usual. Schools and businesses were open, after-work social sports teams ...