The Estuary and Ocean Science Center, the sole marine lab on San Francisco Bay, is set to close due to budget cuts. This closure threatens important research on climate change, sea level rise, and water quality. Interim Executive Director Kathryn Boyer expressed concern over the timing of the funding cuts, which were unforeseen. Graduate students, who rely on the lab's resources for their projects, are feeling the pressure as they face tight deadlines. The future of the lab and its valuable research contributions now hang in the balance as directors seek alternative funding sources.
It's hard to be around this place and not be concerned with what's going on.
We're the only marine lab on San Francisco Bay. It gives us a lot of opportunity to study things that other people can't.
It's hard to plan an experiment when you don't know what facilities and resources you have available.
That was a surprise. We didn't actually see it coming, the timing.
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