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OKIsItJustMe

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13. Arguing from ignorance is not scientific
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 11:47 PM
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https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/trump-administration-dismantles-critical-ocean-floor-observation-network/
Trump administration dismantles critical ocean-floor observation network

In line with Project 2025’s recommendations, over 900 advanced deep-sea sensors are being removed from the ocean floor, cutting off critical real-time data used by global researchers to track climate change.

The Trump administration is dismantling a $370 million ocean-floor observatory network installed a decade ago to collect critical climate data on coastal environments, marine ecosystems, and powerful global ocean currents.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced it will begin removing more than 900 deep-sea instruments this June. The decommissioning will pull monitoring hardware from the waters of Oregon, Washington State, Alaska, North Carolina, and a critical region between Greenland and Iceland known as the Irminger Sea.



The closure of this climate data network follows policy laid out by conservative strategist the Heritage Foundation. The shutdown was recommended in their Project 2025 “Mandate for Leadership” document – a 900-page document designed specifically to act as a blueprint for the Trump presidency.

In 2024, Project 2025’s authors explicitly targeted the network, claiming the OOI was “the source of much of NOAA’s climate alarmism” and advising that “the preponderance of its climate-change research should be disbanded.”



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Questions about Ocean Sensors destruction: [View all] littlemissmartypants Tuesday OP
People need to start ignoring Trmp's orders. Just tell him "Yeah, we did that -- it's finished". eppur_se_muova Tuesday #1
I thought this would happen at the beginning of his term. I'm shocked at the people going along with it, especially the LT Barclay Tuesday #4
Guaranteed, Everyday is a new shocking loss. Zackzzzz Tuesday #2
I guess their goal must be to accelerate human extinction cynical_idealist Tuesday #3
The guys at Marvel comics knew. Watch Avengers Endgame. The wealthy apparently know 2 things: The world's problems LT Barclay Tuesday #5
You know who might be VERY annoyed about this ? THE NAY VEE, and the Intelligence communities. eppur_se_muova Tuesday #6
Excellent point!! I can't imagine that the USCG or the Maritime Industry is too happy either. littlemissmartypants Tuesday #7
I'm not convinced he's going to destroy the instruments, so much as stop monitoring them. I don't know that... NNadir Tuesday #8
The USN has been ordered to pull them out of the water. littlemissmartypants Friday #10
The question is however, will the instruments be damaged or destroyed? NNadir Friday #11
I appreciate your reply. Time will tell. ... littlemissmartypants Friday #12
Dismay as Trump officials to dismantle key ocean monitoring system OKIsItJustMe Yesterday #16
TY ❤️ littlemissmartypants 12 hrs ago #17
Arguing from ignorance is not scientific OKIsItJustMe Friday #13
❤️ littlemissmartypants 12 hrs ago #18
U.S. to Dismantle System Tracking Atlantic Currents That Are at Risk of Collapse OKIsItJustMe Yesterday #14
Announcement on NSF OOI Descoping OKIsItJustMe Yesterday #15
Critical dependence of global ocean heat monitoring on the ocean observing system OKIsItJustMe Friday #9
I guess as a daughter of a career, USCG Captain and lover of the planet, especially the beach... littlemissmartypants 12 hrs ago #19
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