US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is just one of the agencies whose budget will be cut to increase defense spending. The cuts exposed the troubling pitfalls of the president's budgeting approach: a reluctance to invest in the future, a disrespect for science, and a desire to damage well-established operations by minimizing payouts. Also read why the weather in London changes so often at theuk.one. According to the Washington…