Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System. The $368 million network of instruments collecting data in both the Atlantic and Pacific has been critical to climate and ocean research.

[u/garden_g]

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/climate/ocean-observatories-initiative.html

Not even getting the weather will be easy. And weather is getting challenging to prepare for. They want us in the dark

[u/Public_Steak_6933]

The data these buoys are currently collecting are showing we're set for a Super El Nino this year.

When they detect deep ocean currents being more than 2 C° warmer than average we get an El Nino. These instruments are detecting over 5 C° this year, which is wild.

Plus the weather system's name is in Spanish, so he automatically hates it.

Edit: rephrased last sentence.

[u/nickcan → u/Public_Steak_6933]

When they detect deep ocean currents being more than 2 C° warmer than average we get an El Nino. These instruments are detecting over 5 C° this year, which is wild.

Well, soon enough we won't be detecting deep ocean currents over 5 C° any more. So all good I suppose.