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Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research

Division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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Jan 26, 2026
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Which NOAA research labs and programs were proposed for closure and what services do they support?

The administration’s passback proposed eliminating the , shuttering NOAA’s 10 research laboratories and 16 cooperative institutes, and cutting core programs that underpin , , and ocean forecasting . T...

Jan 28, 2026

How would transferring some OAR functions to the National Weather Service change the development timeline for new forecasting models?

functions into the would likely shorten the pathway from prototype to daily operational use for near-term forecasting tools by collapsing handoff layers and aligning priorities, but it also risks slow...