The Trump administration has ordered staff at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to halt all contact with foreign nationals, including collaborations on international treaties and seafood catch limits. This move has caused widespread anxiety and uncertainty among scientists, who are questioning the future of their work and the integrity of NOAA's scientific mission. The new directives come as representatives from Elon Musk's U.S. DOGE Service take over internal NOAA websites, removing diversity-focused pages and seeking information on research that might conflict with President Trump's executive order on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Hurricane specialist Richard Pasch looks at data on Hurricane Sandy at the National Hurricane Center, Friday, Oct. 26, 2012, in Miami. Hurricane Sandy left 21 people dead as it moved through the Caribbean, following a path that could see it blend with a winter storm and reach the U.S. East Coast as a super-storm next week.
At other branches of NOAA, international contact is facing heavy scrutiny, staff members said, raising questions about how easily they could carry out everyday efforts to monitor weather and atmospheric conditions - such as working with other countries to track tsunami risks across the Pacific Ocean, key to ensuring safety along the West Coast. NOAA produces government weather forecasts, conducts long-term climate monitoring and research, and manages the nation’s fisheries and marine mammals.
Some details about the new orders to NOAA staff were first reported by WIRED on Wednesday, including that the ban on foreign communication also applied to an agency branch that oversees satellite-collected environmental data. “What are they supposed to do? What are they not supposed to do?” Rosenberg said. For many, it was not clear, he said.
Scientists, congressional staffers and former NOAA officials who spoke with The Post credited Jacobs for his strong support for improvements in weather and climate forecasting.
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