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Senate Blocks Trump Administration’s Plan to Dismantle Key Ocean Observation Network

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Senate Blocks Trump Administration’s Plan to Dismantle Key Ocean Observation Network
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On Wednesday, the Senate passed a bipartisan bill establishing that no federal funds shall be used to “decommission or descope” the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) system, a $368 million network critical to understanding climate change and marine ecosystems.







The Trump administration has abandoned plans to dimantle a decade-old, deep-ocean observation network that scientists have used to track changes in the ocean and monitor marine heatwaves and coastal flooding.



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