[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-nsf-shuts-down-alaskas-deep-ocean-monitoring-network":10},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":24,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":22,"tags":25,"sources":29,"feedback":33,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":33,"total_tokens":33},705,"nsf-shuts-down-alaskas-deep-ocean-monitoring-network","NSF shuts down Alaska’s deep-ocean monitoring network","The NSF’s decision to retire the $368 million Ocean Observatories Initiative leaves Alaska’s fisheries and hazard planners without real‑time ocean data.","Alaska’s ocean data stream is about to go dark.\n\nThe National Science Foundation announced it will decommission the Ocean Observatories Initiative, a $368 million array of instruments that records temperature, salinity, chemistry and wave activity across the Bering Sea. The network has provided continuous, real‑time data for research, fishery management and coastal‑hazard planning. The shutdown is scheduled for later this year.\n\nWithout those measurements, scientists and state officials lose a key tool for forecasting fish stocks and detecting marine heatwaves that hit the region twice as fast as the global average. Emergency planners also lose early warning of rogue waves that can endanger vessels.\n\nIn short, Alaska will be navigating its most important fishery and coastline with a blindfold on, a situation that feels oddly familiar in an era of budget cuts.","[\"alaska\",\"ocean-monitoring\",\"fisheries\"]","2026-06-11T13:19:00.000Z","2026-06-11T14:25:37.534Z","2026-06-11T14:25:43.930Z","published",null,[],"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.xyz.onl\u002Farticle-images\u002Fnsf-shuts-down-alaskas-deep-ocean-monitoring-network.webp",[26,27,28],"alaska","ocean-monitoring","fisheries",[30],{"name":31,"url":32},"Ars Technica","https:\u002F\u002Farstechnica.com\u002Fscience\u002F2026\u002F06\u002Falaskans-will-be-flying-blind-after-nsf-decommissions-ocean-monitoring-network\u002F",0]