Neil Andrew Jacobs, Jr. (born December 12, 1973) [1] is an American scientist and former government official who served as the acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. [2]

1 day ago · Neil Jacobs, the former acting administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has been nominated by President Donald Trump to take the agency's helm once again.. During his ...

2 days ago · Neil Jacobs, who was acting administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in 2019 when President Trump altered an expected hurricane impact map — an incident known as ...

3 days ago · “I think the Neil Jacobs appointment is a strong pick,” Victor Gensini, a professor of meteorology at the Northern Illinois University said. Jacobs also attended the convention. In a session about his main project — the unified weather forecast system — he recounted to his fellow meteorologists how he had testified a few years earlier ...

3 days ago · A respected atmospheric scientist, Dr. Jacobs was found to have violated NOAA’s code of ethics in 2019. By Christopher Flavelle President Trump has nominated Neil Jacobs to once again lead the ...

3 days ago · President Donald Trump has named Neil Jacobs, a veteran of his first administration, to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Updated February 4, 2025 at 1:07 p.m. EST February ...

3 days ago · The White House is nominating meteorologist Neil Jacobs to lead NOAA after he led the agency on an acting basis during President Trump's first term. Why it matters: The Commerce Department agency is one of the globe's top climate science agencies, funding research and keeping track of global temperatures in near real-time.

2 days ago · President Trump has nominated Neil Jacobs to be the administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA. Jacobs, an atmospheric scientist, was previously the agency's ...