NSF Removes 900 Ocean Data Buoys Worth $370 Million, Citing Cost Savings
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Summary
The National Science Foundation, aligned with Project 2025 objectives, is removing 900 ocean data-collecting buoys worth over $370 million. These buoys, which provide critical climate data to researchers, would have remained operational for another 15 years. The removal saves taxpayers approximately $50 million annually but dismantles decades of work by American oceanographers and technicians who installed and maintained the network.
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If left in place, the buoys would have continued to provide climate-related data to scientific researchers for another 15 years - an outcome that NSF's plan will prevent, saving taxpayers nearly $50 million per year.
It will also unwind the decades of effort by American oceanographers, technicians and professional mariners who have installed and maintained the network.
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