Environmental

Argo Floats Help Monitor Ocean Acidity

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2011.  

Dave O’Gorman.

Dave O’Gorman prepares to deploy a PMEL Argo float off of the R/V Wecoma in 2007. (Credit: NOAA)

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Scientists can now remotely monitor the ocean’s changing chemistry with help from some of the five-foot-tall Argo floats that drift with deep ocean currents and transmit data via satellite back to land. A new and innovative method shows how readings of the acidity (pH) and total carbon dioxide (CO2) content…

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