Scott Dance

Baltimore, Washington, D.C., United States

Extreme Weather and Climate Change Reporter at The Washington Post

@washingtonpost reporter focused on extreme weather and climate change. @niemanfdn '21. @sejorg @nlgja member.

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Trump plan would eliminate NOAA climate research, slash agency budget

1 week ago | savingseafood.org | Scott Dance

April 14, 2025 — A new Trump proposal would eliminate nearly all National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration labs focused on studying the world’s weather, climate and oceans and would slash much of the agency’s budget — part of what the White House document describes as an effort to sever all “climate-related programs” from the agency.
No major damage reported after 5.2-magnitude earthquake near San Diego

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Scott Dance

No major damage reported after 5.2-magnitude earthquake near San Diego (washingtonpost.com) No major damage reported after 5.2-magnitude earthquake near San Diego By Scott Dance 2025041417592800 A 5.2-magnitude earthquake rattled Southern California on Monday morning, but no major damage or tsunami risk was reported. The earthquake hit at 10:08 a.m. local time and was centered near the town of Julian, California, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
La Niña acabou. Os cientistas dizem agora que foi mais forte do que parecia

1 week ago | publico.pt | Scott Dance |Ben Cattell Noll

O tempo do fenómeno La Niña terminou, declararam os cientistas na quinta-feira. Embora o padrão climático tenha sido notavelmente breve e tenha estado a diminuir, os cientistas afirmaram que o episódio não foi tão fraco como parecia. Quando o padrão climático de arrefecimento do planeta surgiu este ano, os cientistas afirmaram que se desenvolveu mais tarde e num estado mais fraco do que esperavam.
Trump plan would eliminate NOAA climate research, slash agency budget

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Scott Dance

Trump plan would eliminate NOAA climate research, slash agency budget (washingtonpost.com) Trump plan would eliminate NOAA climate research, slash agency budget By Scott Dance 2025041121170800 A new Trump proposal would eliminate nearly all National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration labs focused on studying the world's weather, climate and oceans and would slash much of the agency's budget — part of what the White House document describes as an effort to sever all "climate-related...
La Niña is over. Scientists now say it was stronger than it seemed.

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Scott Dance |Ben Cattell Noll

La Niña is over, scientists declared Thursday. And while the climate pattern was notably brief and had been waning, scientists said the episode was not as weak as it once seemed. When the planet-cooling climate pattern emerged this year, scientists said it developed later and in a weaker state than they had expected.
Trump’s new reason for canceling grants: ‘Climate anxiety’

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Scott Dance |Sarah Kaplan

The Trump administration this week offered a new reason to stop climate change research: It scares children. Officials cut $4 million in funding to a climate research center at Princeton University that is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Commerce Department officials, who oversee NOAA, said they were canceling federal support to several of the center’s projects that predict the ways global warmth will disrupt Earth systems.
Tras las tormentas, una franja del centro de EEUU se enfrenta a inundaciones fluviales masivas

2 weeks ago | infobae.com | Ruby Mellen |Scott Dance

Cuando empezó a llover la semana pasada, los feligreses de la Primera Iglesia Bautista de Frankfort, Kentucky, sabían qué hacer. Desatornillaron los bancos y los colocaron en alto sobre sillas metálicas; vaciaron los armarios de los servicios y trasladaron lo que pudieron a un terreno más elevado. El santuario, construido a orillas del río Kentucky en 1868, ya se había inundado antes y volvería a hacerlo, dijo su co-pastora Amanda Smith.
After storms, swath of central U.S. faces massive river flooding

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Ruby Mellen |Scott Dance

After storms, swath of central U.S. faces massive river flooding (washingtonpost.com) After storms, swath of central U.S. faces massive river flooding By Ruby Mellen; Scott Dance 2025040817363600 When the rain began to fall last week, congregants of the First Baptist Church in Frankfort, Kentucky, knew what to do. They unscrewed the pews and placed them high on metal chairs; they cleared out utility closets and moved what they could to higher ground.
In the rain-soaked South, storms portend future ‘generational’ floods

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Scott Dance

In the rain-soaked South, storms portend future ‘generational’ floods (washingtonpost.com) In the rain-soaked South, storms portend future ‘generational’ floods By Scott Dance 2025040811000000 MEMPHIS — Whenever he walks along the Wolf River Greenway trail here, Ethan Poteet knows the trees and marshes are more than just scenery. They were put in to keep the river from overflowing its banks, like it did during a historic flood in 2011.
Dangerous rains batter central U.S. as more tornadoes swarm the South

2 weeks ago | spokesman.com | Matthew Cappucci |Scott Dance |Gaya Gupta

Several more people were killed amid the relentless storms and flooding across the Mid-South on Saturday, as rescue teams worked across communities already devastated by heavy rains in the days before. At least 15 people across five states have been killed so far, including a five-year-old in Arkansas, a young boy on his way to school in Kentucky and a fire chief in Missouri assisting with search-and-rescue efforts.