SAVE AMERICA'S FORECASTS

Whether it's tomorrow's temperatures or the sea level in fifty years, Americans need to plan for our futures. For generations, the US government has invested in the science that helps us do so, building one of the greatest meteorology and climate science communities in the world.

Now that science is under threat. Missing observations and shuttered labs, especially the threatened dismantling of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, are making life more dangerous and expensive for Americans. In 2025, 180,000 people watched meteorologists and climate scientists from across America speak for 100 hours to draw attention to federal funding cuts to American science. The 2025 Livestream resulted in 30,000 calls to Congress.

In 2026, the White House again proposed major funding cuts to scientific institutions, began dismantling the United States' major ocean observation network, and proposed new rules which would destroy the integrity of the scientific process in the USA. So we organized another Livestream! We had 140 speakers speaking for 50 hours about their work, and a group of organizers walked from New York City to Washington D.C. to deliver letters in support of science to Congress. This event resulted in over 300 letters being delivered to Congress, and a press conference on the steps of Capitol Hill featuring organizers of the Weather & Climate Livestream.