Scientists in Canada are scrambling. Over the past few months, the U.S. government has cut billions of dollars in funding from scientific research as part of sweeping cost-cutting measures.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s really shocking. It\u2019s really like this big cloud over science,\u201d Kate Moran, CEO of Ocean Networks Canada, told Quirks & Quarks<\/em>. Ocean Networks Canada participates in a project called the Argo system<\/a>, an international program that collects information from on and under the ocean using a fleet of robotic instruments that drift with the ocean currents.<\/p>\n But that program, which is led by researchers in the U.S., could be at risk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Scientists in Canada are scrambling. Over the past few months, the U.S. government has cut billions of dollars in funding from scientific research as part of sweeping cost-cutting measures.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s really shocking. It\u2019s really like this big cloud over science,\u201d Kate Moran, CEO of Ocean Networks Canada, told Quirks & Quarks<\/em>. Ocean Networks Canada participates in a project called the Argo system<\/a>, an international program that collects information from on and under the ocean using a fleet of robotic instruments that drift with the ocean currents.<\/p>\n But that program, which is led by researchers in the U.S., could be at risk.<\/p>\n