Ocean Heat Monitoring Is Quietly Collapsing — Why India Should Worry

A new Nature Climate Change study finds the global ocean observing system is far more fragile than assumed.

Removing just 20% of ocean data degrades annual ocean-heating estimates by about 33%.

Losing US observations alone hurts global monitoring more than randomly losing 80% of all data.

India's monsoon, cyclone and fisheries forecasts lean heavily on Argo floats and Indian Ocean moorings.

Funding cuts to NOAA and NSF could trigger exactly the data-loss scenario the study models.

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