In Norman, scientists are working to significantly speed up tornado warnings while finding new paths to understanding deadly storms and protecting lives and property. A cooperative institute with more than 220 employees is studying ways to update weather radar facilities, investigate the dynamics of severe storms and more.

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

The Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii, which has been at the forefront of global climate monitoring since the 1950s, is facing possible shutdown under the Trump administration’s proposed 2025 federal budget.