faces different challenges compared to his stint as acting NOAA boss during Trump 1.0. Then, he was ensnared in the "Sharpiegate" scandal. Why it matters: NOAA's work affects Americans daily ...

But it was his direct involvement in the so-called Sharpiegate incident that former NOAA officials said was a sign that Noble was willing to insert politics before science. “He’s more loyal to ...

(Remember “Sharpiegate,” when President Donald Trump insisted his prediction about a hurricane was more accurate than NOAA’s?) The Union of Concerned Scientists delivered a letter to ...

But researchers have pushed back on these charges and defended NOAA’s climate data and meteorological work — while forecasters are predicting an “extremely active” Atlantic hurricane ...