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Gristscience28 days ago
Senate Measure Halts National Science Foundation Plan to Remove Ocean Sensors
The agency will stop dismantling instruments and reinstall equipment already taken out. A bipartisan Senate measure blocked the Trump administration plan affecting the Ocean Observatories Initiative.
abcnews.go.compolitics35 days ago
Lawmakers urge National Science Foundation to halt ocean observatory shutdown
Democratic senators, one Republican senator, and two Democratic House committees sent letters Monday asking the National Science Foundation to reverse its plan to dismantle the Ocean Observatories Initiative. The $386 million network of more than 900 sensors has tracked ocean dat…
nypost.comworld39 days ago
World's Largest Known Whale Graveyard Found in Indian Ocean at Record Depth
@CBSNews reported that researchers located nearly 500 whale skeletons along a 1,200-kilometer corridor in the Diamantina Fracture Zone at depths up to 7,000 meters. The find, published in Nature on 11 June 2026, includes fossils dating back 5.3 million years.
Nbc Newsworld39 days ago
Scientists Map Deepest Known Whale Graveyard in Indian Ocean
@NBCNews reported that researchers identified five carcass sites and fossils spanning the largest, deepest and oldest whale graveyard found to date, located up to 23,000 feet below the surface.
Euronewsscience40 days ago
Scientists Identify Deepest Known Whale Graveyard in Indian Ocean
Researchers located five whale carcass sites and numerous fossils at seven kilometres depth during 2023 submersible expeditions. The site contains bones dating back as far as 5.3 million years and supports communities of jellyfish, tubeworms, brittle stars, sea cucumbers, squat l…
earther.gizmodo.comworld40 days agoUpdated
Chinese Researchers Document 485 Whale Skeletons Across 1,200 km of Deep Indian Ocean Seafloor
Researchers catalogued the remains along a 1,200-kilometer corridor at depths reaching 7,000 meters. The site includes both recent whale falls and fossils dating back 5.3 million years.
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bbc.co.ukscience48 days ago
Trump Administration to End Funding for Ocean Data Network
The administration plans to discontinue support for a $368 million system of ocean instruments. The network has gathered data across the Atlantic and Pacific for climate and ocean studies.
Washington Examinerscience49 days ago
NSF Ends Decade-Long Ocean Observatories Initiative After Collecting Intended Dataset
The agency will recover equipment from four ocean arrays over the next 15 months after an 80 percent funding cut. Real-time data collection will end at the affected sites while archived records remain available.