A sensor buoy in the Pacific, beyond San Francisco Bay, on Sept. 19, 2022. The Trump administration is abandoning its plan to dismantle a $368 million ocean monitoring system critical to understanding climate change and marine ecosystems, bowing to a bipartisan backlash on Capitol Hill, the New York Times reported on June 18, 2026. (Dexter Hake/The New York Times) By MAXINE JOSELOW The Trump administration is abandoning its plan to dismantle a $368 million ocean monitoring system critical to…