> Starting this week, the Ocean Observatories Initiative will lose a network of more than 900 ocean sensors from waters off Oregon, Washington, Alaska, North Carolina and Greenland.

> By 2027, the National Science Foundation will have dismantled most of the system, which had been slated to run another 15 to 20 years.

> Scientists had seen warning signs as the Trump administration’s proposed 2026 budget included a 55% cut to the science foundation. Official word to begin shutting down arrived in early May.

Defunding science is embarassing and sad.