Democrats Vow to Block Trump's Shutdown of $368 Million Ocean Monitoring Network
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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 2
Democrats Vow to Block Trump's Shutdown of $368 Million Ocean Monitoring Network
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 2
Summary
More than 900 deep-ocean instruments could start being pulled up later this month under a Trump administration plan that Democrats said they will fight in Congress.
The National Science Foundation says ending the observatory network would save $48 million a year, though it has not disclosed what removal will cost.
The system, installed in 2016 and designed to run at least 25 years, would be dismantled over about 15 months, cutting off more than a decade of expected climate and marine data.
Democrats say the shutdown would waste taxpayer money and hurt coastal communities, fisheries and weather research that rely on tracking currents and flooding from the Atlantic to the Pacific and the Irminger Sea.