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NSF backtracks on plans to remove ocean monitoring arrays

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Updated June 18, 2026, 1:17 p.m. ET
Two moorings for the Ocean Observatories Initiative sit on the bow of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's R/V Neil Armstrong in 2016, at the Coastal Pioneer array, about 60 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard.
Two moorings for the Ocean Observatories Initiative sit on the bow of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's R/V Neil Armstrong in 2016, at the Coastal Pioneer array, about 60 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard.
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One of hundreds of moorings and instruments providing data through the Ocean Observatories Initiative, a National Science Foundation-funded project to monitor and observe the oceans. All but one of the monitoring stations will be dismantled in 2026-2027.
One of hundreds of moorings and instruments providing data through the Ocean Observatories Initiative, a National Science Foundation-funded project to monitor and observe the oceans. All but one of the monitoring stations will be dismantled in 2026-2027.
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Peter Liarikos and Amy Biddle, right, prepare to tie up to a surface mooring at the Global Irminger Sea Array in the National Science Foundation-funded Ocean Observatories .
Peter Liarikos and Amy Biddle, right, prepare to tie up to a surface mooring at the Global Irminger Sea Array in the National Science Foundation-funded Ocean Observatories .
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An ocean research vessel is shown at one of the National Science Foundation's Ocean Observatories Initiative arrays in this photo from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
An ocean research vessel is shown at one of the National Science Foundation's Ocean Observatories Initiative arrays in this photo from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
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A mooring that's part of the National Science Foundation's Ocean Observatories Initiative deployed in an instrument network capturing live observations in real time.
A mooring that's part of the National Science Foundation's Ocean Observatories Initiative deployed in an instrument network capturing live observations in real time.
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Four of these ocean observatory systems are scheduled to be removed over the next 15 months, leaving only one, according to the National Science Foundation. Being removed are the Endurance, Pioneer, Irminger Sea, and Station Papa Arrays.
Four of these ocean observatory systems are scheduled to be removed over the next 15 months, leaving only one, according to the National Science Foundation. Being removed are the Endurance, Pioneer, Irminger Sea, and Station Papa Arrays.
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