Argo Monitors Ocean Temperatures

From: Pat Maxwell
Series: October 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Length: 01:30

Between rampant pollution and climate change, scientists say our oceans are ailing. But in order to correctly diagnose it, they’ve concluded they have to be everywhere at once. Ergo, Argo. Read the full description.

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Playing: Argo Monitors Ocean Temperatures
From: Pat Maxwell

Isla_earth_inlay Between rampant pollution and climate change, scientists say our oceans are ailing. But in order to correctly diagnose it, they’ve concluded they have to be everywhere at once. Ergo, Argo. Made of 3,000 sensor-bearing floats, the Argo array continuously measures the sea’s vital signs. And it does it all over the world simultaneously with an average of one sensor every three degrees latitude and longitude...

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Between rampant pollution and climate change, scientists say our oceans are ailing. But in order to correctly diagnose it, they’ve concluded they have to be everywhere at once. Ergo, Argo. Made of 3,000 sensor-bearing floats, the Argo array continuously measures the sea’s vital signs. And it does it all over the world simultaneously with an average of one sensor every three degrees latitude and longitude...