Scientists warn Trump plan to axe US ocean monitoring system will leave world ‘flying blind’ (opens in new tab)

Experts say dismantling the ocean observation system will ‘severely degrade’ the accuracy of weather predictionsThe to dismantle an ocean observation system vital to understanding the climate crisis and marine ecosystems would “severely degrade” the accuracy of weather predictions and El Niño forecasts, with economic consequences for the US, European and American scientists have warned.Decommissioning the US system, which plays a major part in a global ocean observation network, would lead to...