29 Sep 2026
Photo by Lu The UK has joined OceanEye, an EU-led ocean monitoring programme designed to improve forecasts of extreme weather and climate events. Environment Secretary Angela Eagle confirmed the UK’s participation at a UN event in New York on 23 September. Under the programme, Britain will share more information from the Met Office and other […]
23 Jun 2026
Photo by Ian Hutchinson The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has abandoned its plan to dismantle the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI), a $368 million network of more than 900 instruments, after a bipartisan revolt in Congress. The agency confirmed on 18 June that it “will not proceed with further removal or descoping of equipment from the […]
09 Jun 2026
Photo by NOAA The Trump administration is dismantling a decade-old network of deep-ocean instruments that scientists have relied upon to track climate change, monitor marine heatwaves and study the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). International researchers warn the decision will “severely degrade” weather forecasting and El Niño predictions, with economic consequences they argue far […]