Trump administration reverses decision to scrap ocean monitoring system (opens original article in a new tab)

The Trump administration reversed its plan to dismantle a $368m deep-sea observation system after backlash from lawmakers and experts, with the NSF halting equipment removal and planning to redeploy some instruments.

• Trump administration reversed decision to dismantle $368m ocean monitoring system
• NSF halted plans to remove equipment from Ocean Observatories Initiative
• OOI includes over 900 instruments monitoring ocean health and climate data