Worth pointing out that those gov budget tables use the number in thousands so what you’re looking at is millions and millions being slashed at NOAA. All while weather is getting visibly more insane year to year. This is one that I’ve never been able to fully understand—I know they’re trying to erase climate change as a concept, but all of the other important function that is getting destroyed… I guess they figured no way to talk about bad storms and heat domes without mentioning climate change, so just shut it all down except what you need for military operation and private jets and such…

[–] micnd90@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Also, all these line items, whole climate and ocean research and observations cost taxpayers $740 million per year. For comparison, ICE already has budget of $10 billion per year and slated for +10% increase in FY26. So if you defund ICE for just one year, you can fund NOAA research and state-of-the-art monitoring for the next 14 years

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