Neil Jacobs, tapped to lead NOAA, called for sharper forecasting tools and clearer public alerts, just days after flooding in Texas left more than 100 dead.

Neil Jacobs stressed a desire to see the more than 120 Weather Service forecast offices across the country be fully staffed.

A Trump administration budget proposal for NOAA would slash funding for climate and earth sciences — including shuttering four Boulder-based labs and ending federal funding for two other

President Trump's nominee to lead the agency that includes the National Weather Service said Wednesday it did a "great job" in Texas, but sees ways to improve forecasting technology and communicating hazards to the public.

Amid staffing shortages and public concern over natural disasters, the National Weather Service is defending its ability to fulfill its core mission—even as it operates under the strain of past budget cuts and ongoing reorganization.

A detailed expense budget for NOAA outlines plans to reduce spending and cut climate and atmospheric research.

The Senate appropriations committee initially voted in favor of a bill rejecting Trump's NASA budget cuts, but discussions are still ongoing.

If the proposed budget holds, it could potentially result in the layoff of more than 1,000 scientists and researchers in Colorado.

A new NOAA document sheds further light on the Trump administration's proposed cuts and changes for the weather and climate agency. Why it matters: The proposed budget would gut federal climate research efforts and spending at a critical moment in the fight to understand and address human-driven climate change.