Trump Administration to Dismantle #Ocean Monitoring System
$368M network of instruments collecting data in #Atlantic & #Pacific has been critical to #climate and ocean research
#CraigMcLean, acting chief scientist at #NOAA during first Trump term, said “This reflects the further lack of understanding that the current administration has of scientific value and scientific merit. By dismantling such a system, we push the United States back yet again”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/climate/ocean-observatories-initiative.html
https://archive.ph/fZ9CN

Trump Team Looks to draconian #layoffs, #NOAA officials say — which would reduce NOAA employees from 12,000 to 6,000 — threatens to cripple an agency that provides #climate and #weather info across #US economy
"Goal is to just crush [it] with a hammer, hard blows, and shrink that federal workforce," said #CraigMcLean, who served as the assistant administrator of NOAA Research until he retired in 2022. "There really isn't any consideration about what the mission impact is"
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trump-team-looks-to-drastically-cut-noaa-staff-and-budget/