TBD | Death of the Weather Forecast?
Update: 2025-04-27
Description
The Trump administration has already begun cutting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which includes the U.S. National Weather Service. What’s the advantage to understanding the weather less?
Guest: Daniel Swain, weather and climate scientist with the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources.
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What is the rationale for cutting funding to weather forecasting? Short-sighted doesn't begin to describe it.