Global Ocean Observing System Funding Cuts w/ Honorary Academic in Physics from the University of Auckland Kevin Trenberth : 25th May, 2026

A new paper on the global ocean observing system and how funding cuts may affect the quality of data it collects was released last week. The paper found that if the United States was to leave the system entirely, errors in data for how fast the ocean is warming could increase up to 163 percent.

The scientists behind the paper are warning that if defunding goes ahead it could undermine efforts to track warming and hurricanes, and forecast weather, increasingly important efforts as climate change’s impacts become worse.

To discuss the defunding of the global ocean observing system producer Thomas talked to honorary academic in physics from the university of Auckland Kevin Trenberth.