“US Weather Agency Websites Set to Vanish With Contract Cuts”
More bad news (spotted on Josh Marshall’s Bluesky feed). #NOAA #weather #doge https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-04/us-weather-agency-websites-to-vanish-under-planned-contract-cuts?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc0Mzc2OTY3NSwiZXhwIjoxNzQ0Mzc0NDc1LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTVTVSUjNEV0xVNjgwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJDODQyRERFMUM0RDI0OUVDQUQ5REU4NDhDQkZGNUNBOCJ9.KhuNHt0rx-q0VZLGRQ1omrvtoGxAQGWJBCpRXr8eY5c&leadSource=uverify%20wall @ai6yr
@johncarlosbaez Important: you can contact / follow the people here on @SafeguardingResearch (for more projects) - also @lavaeolus
People who can help saving the data (URGENT!) pls look at the post above! And here https://forum.safeguar.de/t/noaa-all-services-specifically-amazon-web-servies-urgent/569
The early CXL of an Amazon Web Svcs contract means: a slew of NOAA websites are slated to go dark at midnight. This mainly would affect NOAA's research division, & will make numerous websites & data sets inaccessible to the public.
It's another example -admin: taking data offline across the govt.
The COMM Dept is requiring #NOAA -to cut its IT budget by 50% across the board.
There's a light at the end of the tunnel, but...
#Science #Austerity #Coup #Resist #USPol
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/04/noaa-research-websites-go-dark-saturday-night
Alerte : La #NOAA arrête des prestations de cloud, de nombreux sites de l'agence en péril
https://next.ink/179331/lagence-americaine-noaa-arrete-des-prestations-de-cloud-de-nombreux-sites-en-peril/
Aussi, le réseau de communication de l'agence qui monitore des informations climatologiques et météorologiques tient sur deux contrats de prestations qui ont été prolongés... De 5 jours. L'un doit se finir samedi, l'autre lundi.
Update April 5th:
We got everything we can.
The amount of help has been very awesome - we did good
If you think you can help with more than a few TB and/or with additional contacts etc. pp.
Please write an email to contact@safeguar.de
We (@SafeguardingResearch) need urgent help with archiving websites & datasets from NOAA, specifically the stuff on Amazon Web Services (AWS):
https://forum.safeguar.de/t/noaa-all-services-urgent/569
If you can contribute, please consider doing so.
Urgent: scraping help needed to preserve all #NOAA data services from catastrophic loss
https://forum.safeguar.de/t/noaa-all-services-urgent/569/2
Axios: NOAA operations impaired by Commerce chief's approval mandate
"....A Commerce Department requirement to have Secretary Howard Lutnick approve many NOAA contracts or extensions is slowing the agency's operations to a crawl, current and former NOAA staff tell Axios....As severe thunderstorms rumbled along the East Coast on Monday, the National Weather Service faced the possibility of losing its ability to bring satellite and observational data into forecast offices in a timely manner, starting at midnight,..."
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/01/noaa-commerce-department-contracts-weather-climate
NOAA operations are slowed by mandate for Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to approve ALL contracts/contract extensions above $100,000. This nearly led to a significant deterioration of National Weather Service operations last night.
This is NOT efficiency.
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/01/noaa-commerce-department-contracts-weather-climate
Wow—
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( #NOAA )called out a rapidly warming Arctic in December of last year.
“This year's report demonstrates the urgent need for adaptation as climate conditions quickly change.”
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The arctic tundra is “now emitting more carbon that it stores... yet one more sign... of the consequences of inadequately reducing fossil fuel pollution.”
#climate #ClimateChange #USA #environment
(I archived the main page so far.)
This is NOT a joke!
Extreme weather warnings should NOT be paywalled: Fight back.
President Trump and Elon Musk want to dismantle the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). That would eliminate free public access to weather forecasts, hurricane tracking, wildfire alerts, and decimate the nation’s premier climate science agency. Act now to protect NOAA!
Aux #EtatsUnis, une « situation incroyablement chaotique » autour des sciences du #climat
Contestées et parfois annulées par la justice, les attaques de l’administration Trump contre la protection de l’environnement et la science climatique se poursuivent cependant, mettant en péril le recueil des données. #LeMonde #AudreyGarric #geographie #geography #climatology #climatechange #Trumpadministration #Trumpcoup #USA #NOAA