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Three weeks in, the change the Republican administration has brought is a disruption of the federal government.

Neil Jacobs, the new nominee to lead NOAA, faces different challenges compared to his stint as acting NOAA boss during Trump ...

President Trump selects Neil Jacobs to lead NOAA again, known for the "Sharpiegate" incident during Hurricane Dorian.

President Donald Trump has nominated Neil Jacobs as administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—the ...

President Trump has nominated Neil Jacobs to head NOAA. Some former NOAA employees are concerned about Jacobs' scientific ...

President Donald Trump is known for having a penchant for the bold strokes of a Sharpie marker. His handwritten notes are the subject of iconic images, as well as internet jokes and ridicule. From ...

Perhaps one of the notorious moments the president put Sharpie-to-paper was when he allegedly altered a forecast map of Hurricane Dorian, in a superficial scandal later dubbed "SharpieGate." ...

Noaa faced significant challenges during Trump’s first term in office. It became embroiled in the “Sharpiegate” row, about the lack of evidence to support Trump’s claim that a hurricane could hit ...

NOAA has declared that a La Niña is underway. This cool weather event is likely to be shorter and weaker than usual, but will still affect global weather and climate. When you purchase through ...

NOAA pegged 2024’s global average surface temperature at 1.46 degrees C above its preindustrial baseline, and NASA’s measurements put the increase at 1.47 degrees C. In 2023, NASA said the ...