Daniel Cusick

The agency is reviewing a permit request from a company that aims to harvest minerals on the Pacific Ocean floor.

The planes have been flying into Hurricane Melissa as part of monitoring the monster storm.

Alaska Republican Dan Sullivan urged Timothy Petty to speed up agency stock assessments and reviews of infrastructure projects.

The Alaska Fisheries Science Center lost 45 people, more than half its staff, while the Northwest center lost 42 staffers, agency data shows.

The New England Fishery Management Council had been considering a framework for lobstermen interested in the new gear designed to avoid whale entanglements.

The United States hasn't signed onto the U.N. treaty, which goes into effect next year. The Trump administration has pushed its own efforts to permit

The move came as the Appropriations Committee approved its fiscal 2026 Commerce-Justice-Science bill.

The National Weather Service Employees Organization disputes the national security rationale the Trump administration provided to cancel collective

The ruling stopped short of imposing an immediate ban, as sought by environmental groups.

Officials say the two-month trial to collect data on conditions that contribute to hurricane formation could be a "force multiplier" for tropical storm

NOAA is holding public hearings this week to vet a rule to speed permitting of exploration and mining of mineral-rich nodules in international waters.

NOAA said fishing vessels from those nations aren't meeting standards to avoid unintentionally catching marine mammals.

Forecasters say the likelihood of a landfall on the U.S. East Coast remains relatively low.

“Many of the factors we identified ahead of the season are still at play," said Matt Rosencrans, the agency's lead hurricane season forecaster.

The move would apply to past, present and future agency rules.

A scientist at the New England aquarium said the findings reflect the importance of protecting large areas of ocean habitat to protect species.

The move reverses a plan to cut off NOAA's access to certain satellite data.

The National Science Foundation, however, would see a steep reduction in new spending legislation.

Amid the Texas floods and a month into hurricane season, significant vacancies exist across the National Weather Service.

While the agency touts development of technology to help ships avoid whale strikes, environmentalists are calling for vessel speed restrictions.