NOAA says El NiƱo is the main reason we are seeing suppressed storm activity.
NOAA is preparing to lay off more than 1,000 workers as part of the Trump administration's mandate for agencies to prepare "reductions in force," according to sources.
Most divisions of the agency, which employs scientists and specialists in weather, oceans, biodiversity, climate and other research and planetary monitoring fields, were affected.
Fireworks over Musk's actions exploded in Congress.
Scientists are predicting that a mile-long volcano off the West Coast will erupt this year.
Last year easily surpassed 2023 as the warmest globally, based on data from Copernicus Climate Change Service and confirmed by NASA and NOAA.