This heart-shaped #cloud was captured by NOAA’s GOES-13 #satellite on June 1, 2011. (Image provided/NOAA)

Professor of meteorology and atmospheric science David Titley was recently quoted in The Washington Post about proposed Trump administration budget cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Here’s an excerpt:

David Titley

“David Titley, a professor of meteorology at Pennsylvania State University who served as NOAA’s chief operating officer in the Obama administration, said that ‘oddly’ the White House budget office, despite the president’s commitment to building infrastructure, would cut NOAA’s budget for ships and satellites. ‘These cuts will impact good private-sector jobs in the U.S.,’ Titley said. ‘The loss of capability will make America weaker both in space and on the sea — a strange place to be for an administration that campaigned to “make America great again.”’ ”

Read the full article on WashingtonPost.com. Title was also quoted in a similar article on the Standard-Examiner.