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The oceans are in deep trouble. The Trump administration is ditching a vital deep-sea monitoring system

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By Laura Paddison, Ella Nilsen, CNN

(CNN) — The Trump administration has announced it will dismantle a $368 million deep-ocean monitoring system that provides critical data on the world’s oceans. The decision is sparking alarm among experts that US is taking eyes off the oceans at a dangerous time of record-breaking sea temperatures, an imminent super El Niño and fears a critical system of ocean currents could collapse, ushering in global chaos.

The Ocean Observatories Initiative, or OOI, was set up in 2016 and is made up of around 900 instruments in parts of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans specially designed to withstand the immense pressure and corrosive saltiness of the ocean depths. Moored equipment and underwater gliders continuously collect real-time data allowing scientists to monitor the heath of the ocean, including shifts in ocean chemistry and changes to the powerful currents that shape global weather and climate.

The initiative was supposed to operate for three decades, but on May 21, the National Science Foundation, which funds the system, announced it would be “descoping” the network. Over the next 15 months, “in-water infrastructure” will be removed from arrays off the coasts of Alaska, Washington, Oregon and North Carolina and from the North Atlantic off southeast Greenland, the NSF said in a statement.

The decision “aligns with NSF’s wider strategy of a nimbler approach to prioritize support for evolving scientific priorities and emerging technologies, as well as smart lifecycle management within its research infrastructure portfolio,” Mike England, head of media affairs at NSF, told CNN.

The announcement comes as the Trump administration undoes climate protections and attempts to dismantle and defund climate science, at the same time as it pushes to start mining the deep sea for critical minerals. Scientists have expressed deep concerns that dismantling this ocean monitoring system undermines ocean science at a critical time, reduces US scientific leadership and is abandoning taxpayer-funded equipment already paid for and installed.

“I’d call this penny wise, tons foolish,” said Rick Spinrad, an oceanographer who led the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration during the Biden administration. “OOI is proving its value for a range of economic and social benefits: from fisheries management to weather forecasting, to protection from coastal flooding … Where’s the analysis of return on investment that shows that eliminating OOI is in the taxpayers’ best interest?”

The global oceans are enduring a period of huge change — some of which remains largely unexplained. Ocean temperatures have been off the charts in some places, fueling more intense hurricanes, driving sea level rise and causing mass coral bleaching.

Sustained ocean monitoring is “how we detect emerging risks in real time,” said Helen Findlay, a b

Ventura Commission Approves Controversial 75-Unit Apartment Project Despite Parking, Size Concerns

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The Ventura Planning Commission has approved a highly debated 75-unit apartment development, following a lengthy debate over parking, building size, and limits of control under state housing laws. Known as […]

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El número de casos sospechosos de ébola se reduce significativamente tras procesarse un retraso en los datos

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Por Deidre McPhillips, CNN

Hay 344 casos confirmados de ébola en la República Democrática del Congo, incluidos 60 fallecimientos, informó este miércoles la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS).

El número de casos sospechosos se ha reducido considerablemente tras procesar los casos pendientes, pasando de más de 1.000 la semana pasada a 116.

En Uganda, se han confirmado 15 casos y una muerte por la enfermedad, según funcionarios de la OMS.

Sin embargo, la magnitud total del brote sigue siendo desconocida, ya que el rastreo de contactos continúa rezagado.

“Solo alrededor del 45 % de los contactos han sido monitoreados y, para adelantarnos al brote, necesitamos que esa cifra supere el 90 %”, dijo este miércoles en una conferencia de prensa el director general de la OMS, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “La inseguridad, los desplazamientos y las poblaciones móviles hacen que el rastreo de contactos sea especialmente difícil”.

Tedros señaló que otros desafíos para responder al brote incluyen ampliar la capacidad de pruebas, las “restricciones generales de viaje” impuestas por algunos países que están “interrumpiendo las cadenas de suministro y obstaculizando la respuesta”, la desconfianza de las comunidades y la falta de vacunas o tratamientos para combatir la enfermedad.

Actualmente hay tres vacunas en desarrollo dirigidas específicamente contra la cepa Bundibugyo, dijeron este miércoles funcionarios de la OMS. La vacuna desarrollada por Moderna y la creada por la Universidad de Oxford junto con el Serum Institute of India podrían estar listas para ensayos clínicos en dos o tres meses, mientras que una tercera, desarrollada por IAVI, tardará al menos siete meses.

El antiviral oral obeldesivir también podría estar disponible a través de ensayos clínicos en las próximas semanas. Los expertos afirman que podría ofrecerse a los contactos de casos confirmados y probables a medida que se intensifiquen los esfuerzos de rastreo.

Consultado sobre el plan del Gobierno de Trump para tratar a estadounidenses expuestos al ébola en Kenya, Tedros dijo que existe “colaboración en todos los niveles”.

“Con base en su evaluación de riesgos, pueden hacer lo que consideren adecuado para ellos”, afirmó. “Pero realmente agradezco el firme compromiso y apoyo que veo en la respuesta a este brote de ébola”.

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Organic Soup Kitchen Ramps Up Support as Nutrition Insecurity Rises in Santa Barbara County

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Amid mounting pressures from inflation, housing costs, and healthcare expenses, a growing number of Santa Barbara County residents are struggling to consistently access nutritious food, according to Organic Soup Kitchen. […]

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