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June 16, 2026

Lawmakers fight to stop dismantling of a $386M ocean observatory project

  • The National Science Foundation directed the removal of most of the system's instruments from waters off Oregon, Washington, Alaska, North Carolina and Greenland by 2027.
    • By ANNIKA HAMMERSCHLAG
    Associated Press

    Photo by Véronique LaCapra/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution via AP [enlarge]
    In this 2021 image provided by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, workers walk near buoys used to gather data at Pioneer New England shelf off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, Mass.

    SEATTLE — A group of Democratic senators and one Republican, as well as two Democratic House committees, sent letters Monday to the National Science Foundation asking it to reverse course on its plan to dismantle a sprawling ocean monitoring network, with House lawmakers going further and accusing the agency of acting illegally.


     
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