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Bipartisan backlash halts plan to dismantle critical ocean-monitoring network

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Bipartisan backlash halts plan to dismantle critical ocean-monitoring network
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After bipartisan backlash in Congress, the National Science Foundation halted plans to remove equipment from the Ocean Observatories Initiative, will convene experts to chart a sustainable path forward, and pledged to redeploy remaining assets rather than further descale the decade-old, 900-instrument network that provides vital climate data.

Topics:nationscience#bipartisan-backlash#climate-data#nsf#ocean-observatories-initiative#science#trump-administration
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  1. Trump administration ditches plan to close a critical ocean monitoring system after furious bipartisan backlash  CNN
  2. Trump Administration Backs Off Plan to End Ocean Monitoring System  The New York Times
  3. Merkley, Murkowski Lead the Charge to Block the Dismantling of One-Of-A-Kind Ocean Monitoring Network  Merkley (.gov)
  4. National Science Foundation reverses decision to dismantle oceans-monitoring network after outcry  AP News
  5. Trump administration removal of ocean observatories is ‘direct threat’ to Oregon Coast, lawmakers say  Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB

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