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Trump’s cuts at sea could make the coming super El Niño harder to predict

Storm clouds over Miami, Florida, as researchers monitor the bay's health with data from floating buoys in August 2023. | Joe Raedle/Getty Images This story originally appeared in The Guardian and is republished here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Trump administration’s plan to dismantle an ocean observation system vital to understanding the climate crisis and marine ecosystems would “severely degrade” the accuracy of weather predictions and El Niño forecasts, with economic consequences for the United States, European and American scientists have warned. Decommissioni...