Current and former agency officials and lawmakers said the cuts could have major impacts on Americans and the economy, compromising important functions.

Scientists and researchers are warning that the Trump administration's firing of hundreds of workers at NOAA, the agency that provides the U.S. government's weather forecasts, will put American lives at risk and stifle crucial climate research.

Close to 1,000 people gathered outside the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration campus in Boulder on Monday to protest the most recent mass firing of federal employees by President