The US administration is shutting down an important ocean research operation and removing its sensors from the water.

Scientists have used data collected through the observatories to study greenhouse gases, ocean temperatures, and coastal flooding.

The Ocean Observatories Initiative has been collecting data on physical, chemical, geological and biological conditions in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans for the past decade

The Trump administration is dismantling a $386 million network of more than 900 ocean sensors funded by the National Science Foundation

Comes as an El Niño event, known for disrupting weather patterns and intensifying marine heatwaves, is forecast to hit the Pacific coast this summer

The Trump administration will dismantle a $368 million monitoring system that provides critical data on the world’s oceans, sparking alarm among scientists

The Trump administration plans to scrap a $368-million investment in deep-sea ocean monitoring that is critical to monitoring extreme weather.

The US administration is shutting down an important ocean research operation and removing its sensors from the water.

Over the next 15 months, major sensor arrays that have provided crucial observations of the ocean and climate change will be dismantled.