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Trump Cuts Are Killing a Tiny Office That Keeps Measurements of the World Accurate

WIRED · Molly Taft · last updated
Cuts made by the Trump administration are threatening the function of a tiny but crucial office within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that maintains the US’s framework of spatial information: latitudes, longitudes, vertical measurements like elevation, and even measurements of
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