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Alaskans will be flying blind after NSF decommissions ocean monitoring network

Alaska's multibillion-dollar fishing industry and vulnerable coastal communities at risk.

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Alaskans will be flying blind after NSF decommissions ocean monitoring network

The upcoming loss of a deep-ocean monitoring system is triggering deep anxiety in Alaska, the nation’s top fish-producing state, where temperatures are warming twice as quickly as the global average. The National Science Foundation announced plans in May to decommission the Ocean Observatories Initiative, a nearly $368 million network of scientific instruments that tracks ocean chemistry, wave action, water temperature, salinity and a host of other metrics. The real-time information from these ocean observatories helps scientists, fishery managers, coastal hazard planners and even the military plan and prepare for the future. Whether that’s calculating how much fish can be harvested or when a marine heatwave or giant wave action may be occurring, the data is used by a plethora of sources. Read full article Comments

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