Scientists lose critical climate record as ocean observatory will go dark under Trump funding cuts A section of a significant ocean monitoring network is ceasing operations this month. Scientists will retrieve a research buoy from deep in the Pacific Ocean off the Oregon coast. This action will result in the closure of a part of an ambitious ocean monitoring system.

• A portion of an ambitious ocean monitoring network will go dark this month.
• Scientists are preparing to pull a research buoy from the Pacific Ocean off the Oregon coast.
• The buoy is part of one of the most ambitious ocean monitoring networks ever built.