The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it will no longer track the cost of weather disasters, including floods, heat waves, wildfires and more.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will no longer track the cost of climate change-fueled weather disasters, including floods, heat waves, wildfires and more. It is the latest example of changes to the agency and the Trump administration limiting federal government resources on climate change.

NOAA falls under the U.S. Department of Commerce and is tasked with daily weather forecasts, severe storm warnings and climate monitoring. It is also parent to the National Weather Service.

The agency said its National Centers for Environmental Information would no longer update its Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters database beyond 2024, and that its information — going as far back as 1980 — would be archived.

  • Oniononon@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    10 hours ago

    Quite whimsical. Especially hilarious this is done after gutting FEMA. Adding a lol or lmao even since nayural catastrophes are starting very soon.

    If there was no other evidence that current goverment is composed of russian agents then this is. This serves no purpose other than to go out of their way to cause suffering and to cripple another countries emergency services. Two things russia loves beyond everything.