Trump team cuts ocean sensors. El Niño forecasts in danger.

Scientists warn that the Trump administration’s plan to remove a key network of ocean-sensing instruments will weaken the monitoring of El Niño and a major Atlantic current. The network tracks temperature, currents, and other data in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. Without it, forecasters will struggle to predict extreme weather events linked to El Niño, such as floods and droughts. The cuts also threaten monitoring of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), a system that drives global climate patterns. Experts say the loss of real-time data will harm long-term climate models and weather warnings for millions of people.