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As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at #WeatherService Offices in #Texas - The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/us/politics/texas-floods-warnings-vacancies.html

As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas

Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials.

The New York Times
Weather Service Cuts #weather #weatherservice #doge
Special BalancedWx Update: NWS announces reduction in upper air flights

Reduction is on top of previously announced cuts

Balanced Weather

#CallToAction URGENT: call your representatives--especially Republicans. The firing of thousands of NOAA staffers will fuck up ALL weather forecasting services, from weather.com to your favorite TV channel meteorologist to the app in your phone: they ALL grab their data from NOAA.

#USPolitics #FederalEmployeesFirings #NOAA #WeatherService

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5167978-noaa-firings-probationary-workers-doge/

NOAA begins firing hundreds of staffers

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) began the process of firing hundreds of probationary workers Thursday, the latest mass job cuts within federal agencies, three sources wit…

The Hill

Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc on large portions of the American Southeast. We must do something about the toll climate change is causing on the planet #HurricaneHelene #ClimateChange #NOAA #WeatherService #ProtecttheEarth

https://zurl.co/UnC2

"Hurricane Helene’s Sermon of the Unheard”

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HistorianSpeaks
CSIRO Aquawatch A World-First Weather Service To Bolster Seafood Industry In Spencer Gulf
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-15/csiro-aquawatch-spencer-gulf-water-monitoring-weather-service/103229250 <-- shared media article
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https://research.csiro.au/aquawatch/about/ <-- about Aquawatch
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“KEY POINTS:
• CSIRO has completed initial testing of a ‘weather service’ for water quality in the Spencer Gulf in South Australia
• The industry’s production in the Spencer Gulf region is worth over $238 million a year
• The data could warn seafood industry of harmful marine events like algal blooms, which can kill fish..."
#GIS #spatial #mapping #model #modeling #aquawatch #weather #weatherservice #waterquality #marine #hydrospatial #SpencerGulf #Australia #foodsecurity #marine #seafoodindustry #marineconservation #algalblooms #algae #monitoring #watersensors #satellites #remotesensing #AI #realtime #forecasts #temperature #salinity #fish #fishstocks
@CSIRO #CSIRO
CSIRO Aquawatch a world-first weather service to bolster seafood industry in Spencer Gulf

The sophisticated data system and national water sensor network from the CSIRO will help Australia become more resilient to extreme weather and adverse marine events.

ABC News