Hurricane forecasters and scientists rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. The ...

Scientists were initially given less than a week to prepare for the loss of microwave observations that are key in detecting ...

Meteorologists warned of severe consequences when NOAA announced they would immediately discontinue the key data source ...

The Defense Department will still maintain the satellite program will cease sharing the imagery with NOAA and NASA.

Hurricane experts have already raised alarms about the effect the Trump administration's slashing of science budgets could ...

Microwave satellite data are key to capturing major changes in a hurricane’s strength, such as when a storm undergoes rapid ...

Earlier this month, the Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it would discontinue the “ingest, processing and ...

With the peak hurricane season looming, forecasters will be without key information starting Monday because the Defense ...

The Department of Defense says they will replace the imagery with a more advanced satellite, but hasn’t set any concrete date ...