Trump administration dismantles 900-instrument ocean monitoring system in Pacific and Atlantic after just 10 years, ending critical tracking of AMOC currents at risk of climate-driven collapse; scientists warn loss of data leaves world navigating volatile oceans blind.

U.S. to Dismantle System Tracking Atlantic Currents That Are at Risk of Collapse

A mooring used in the Ocean Observatories Initiative is recovered off the coast of Alaska. Rebecca Travis / Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution The Trump administration is moving to dismantle an ocean observation system consisting of more than 900 instruments in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. Data supplied by the system has been used to study key Atlantic currents that increasingly appear in danger of collapse as the climate warms.Just days after President Trump fired the independent board ov...