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Experts and lawmakers urge quick reauthorization of Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System
Summary
Witnesses and members praised HR 2294 to reauthorize the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System (IOOS). Scientists said regional observing networks save lives, improve storm forecasts and support commerce; witnesses warned proposed agency cuts could degrade the system.
Members of the House Natural Resources subcommittee and scientific witnesses urged reauthorization of the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System during a hearing on HR 2294.
Dr. Steven Howden, director of the Hydrographic Science Research Center at the University of Southern Mississippi, told the panel IOOS is "one of the most cost effective, impactful federal programs supporting our ocean, coast, and Great Lakes." He detailed cases in which regional observing assets informed life-saving decisions: "In 2005, just eight months after we deployed our first ocean observing buoy off the coast of…
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