A critical ocean monitoring network will go dark this month as the National Science Foundation dismantles most of the Ocean Observatories Initiative due to funding cuts. - The buoy off Oregon will be removed on June 16, part of a $386 million network.
- The system has collected real-time data for over a decade, supporting 500+ scientific publications. - An El Niño event is predicted this summer, and scientists will lose ability to measure subsurface ocean signals.
- The decision is part of broader federal cuts to basic scientific research.