A crew member works to load a buoy containing monitoring equipment onto the oceanographic research vessel Sally Ride in Yaquina Bay in Newport, Ore., on Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. Under pressure from Congress, a network of ocean monitors that provides vital data to meteorologists, climate scientists, oceanographers, and the fishing industry is being restored. (Kristina Barker/The New York Times) By ERIC NIILER When the Trump administration started dismantling a $368 million ocean monitoring system…
