The dedicated staff of the National Weather Service are responsible for the data that underpin your weather forecast and emergency alerts. DOGE Service cuts to the NWS are putting the collection and communication of those data at risk right as we enter a dangerous season of hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires and extreme heat in the U.S. Senior sustainability editor Andrea Thompson joins host Rachel Feltman to explain what the NWS does, why we need its expertise and what we risk when that expertise is lost. 

Recommended reading:
How Trump’s National Weather Service Cuts Could Cost Lives <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-trumps-national-weather-service-cuts-could-cost-lives/">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-trumps-national-weather-service-cuts-could-cost-lives/</a> 
Why This Hurricane Season Has Experts on Edge
<a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/with-a-busy-2025-hurricane-season-forecast-staffing-cuts-and-warm-oceans/">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/with-a-busy-2025-hurricane-season-forecast-staffing-cuts-and-warm-oceans/</a> 

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