Harmful Algal Blooms can destroy crops, ruin tourist seasons, and cause major respiratory problems. Without NOAA, you're on your own.

NOAA also monitors sun spot activity. Those lucrative bailouts to Starlink aren't going to make a lick of difference if they can't track solar flares.

The microbiome paradigm, endosymbiosis, PCR, all of that came from exploratory deep-sea research.

You have no idea how much of the modern world exists because Bob Ballard stuffed some tube worms into a bottle of vodka.

Do you like modern medicine? The last 50 years of medical advancement owes its existence to NOAA and NSF-funded exploratory research into the deep sea that fundamentally redefined our understanding of what it means to be alive on planet earth.

The NOAA teach-at-sea program is one of the best training opportunities for US primary school teachers in the country. Spend time on a research cruise, get first hand science experience, and bring it all back to the classroom.

Amazing.

No NOAA, No Seafood.

Vibrio is the number 1 cause of food poisoning related mortality.

You think you're going to eat raw oysters in a warming world without NOAA climate data? I sure as hell ain't.

In the town of Oxford, MD, NOAA is the largest employer. Without the Cooperative Oxford Lab, the town ceases to exist.

NOAA installed a tide gauge for the town so they can better respond to nuisance flooding.

To summarize:

-They stopped almost all USAID work

-Then they conceded that some programs actually saved lives & granted waivers for those

-Then they promised a “careful” 90 day review of everything

-Then they cancelled 90% anyway within just weeks, including many they had just deemed life-saving