The U.S. government has begun laying off staff at NOAA as part of President Donald Trump’s ongoing efforts to shrink the federal workforce and roll back the government’s climate-related spending.

Scientists react to ‘stupid’ NOAA firings with more on the way: ‘It’s just utter cluelessness. It’s malevolence’ - A former climate scientist called layoffs ‘malevolence’ and ‘utter cluelessness’

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DOGE has begun cutting jobs at NOAA, just as a new report from the weather agency shows it achieved record accuracy in tracking hurricanes this year.

NOAA predicts a drier spring for the Southwest and wetter season for the Northwest and Appalachia. Punxsutawney Phil may have signaled six more weeks of winter, but the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has its own predictions for spring.

Though Ohio is still in winter mode, it's never too early to think about spring. NOAA three-month maps predict a warmer, wetter spring for Ohio.

Scientists worry there will be immediate harm from the Trump administration's latest federal workforce cuts, which hit NOAA and the National Weather Service.