NSF to dismantle Ocean Station Papa, key climate monitoring site in Gulf of Alaska
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Alix Soliman
Summary
The National Science Foundation plans to dismantle Ocean Station Papa, a long-standing deep-sea observation station in the Gulf of Alaska, as part of the Trump Administration's rollback of federal science programs. This station is one of five federal ocean monitoring stations slated for removal over the next couple of years, impacting climate change research and data collection capabilities.
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· 2 pulledThe National Science Foundation plans to yank a long-standing ocean observation station from the sea floor far off the coast of Alaska next year.
It's one station in an entire ocean monitoring system slated to be dismantled as part of the Trump Administration's rollback on federal science programs that help researchers study the changing climate.
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