But on May 7, 2025 it ended its run—a victim of sweeping White House cuts to government personnel, projects, and agencies. The existing database remains online, but there will be no fresh information collected for 2025 and beyond. The reason wasn’t given, but Rick Spinrad, the former head of NOAA, who was appointed during the Biden presidency and left the job when President Donald Trump took office—a routine move for political appointees during changes of administrations—has an educated guess.