Ocean Observatories Initiative to be Decommissioned

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A crucial component of one of the world's most ambitious ocean monitoring networks is set to be decommissioned this month, as scientists prepare to retrieve a research buoy from the depths of the Pacific off the Oregon coast. ...

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