Trump Administration Plans to Remove $368 Million Deep-Ocean Climate Monitoring System
By
Eric Niiler
Tries hard. Doesn't quite make it out of the oven in one piece.
Summary
The Trump administration is dismantling a $368 million deep-ocean observation system that has been critical for monitoring coastal environments, marine ecosystems, and ocean currents affecting global climate. The National Science Foundation plans to begin removing over 900 deep-sea instruments from locations off Oregon, Washington, Alaska, North Carolina, and the Irminger Sea between Greenland and Iceland. Scientists have relied on this decade-old network to study how the ocean absorbs greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.
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The National Science Foundation said it would send ships in June to begin removing more than 900 deep-sea instruments anchored off Oregon, Washington State, Alaska, North Carolina, and an area between Greenland and Iceland known as the Irminger Sea.
Scientists have used data from the system to understand how the ocean is absorbing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.
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