The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has announced it will retire its billion-dollar Weather and Climate Disasters database beyond 2024, marking a significant reduction in federal resources dedicated to tracking financial losses from climate change-related events. Historically, this database has documented numerous costly disasters since 1980, using data from FEMA, insurance companies, and state agencies. While NOAA cites evolving priorities as the reason for this change, critics express concern that it undermines essential climate data at a time when extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and costly due to climate change.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will no longer update its database that tracked financial losses from climate-related disasters, raising concerns over data transparency.
Retiring the billion-dollar Weather and Climate Disasters database reflects changing priorities within NOAA, despite the growing severity and frequency of climate-related weather events.
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