The move is also yet another of President Donald Trump’s efforts to remove references to climate change and the impact of greenhouse gas emissions on the weather from the federal government’s lexicon and documents.

Its discontinuation is another Trump-administration blow to the public’s view into how fossil fuel pollution is changing the world around them and making extreme weather more costly.

NOAA will stop tracking economic impacts of climate disasters by 2024, raising concerns for transparency and preparedness among scientists and policymakers.