Chemical sensors built at MBARI to provide unprecedented view of Southern Ocean
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 09:00
in Earth & Climate
Ocean researchers are on the verge of gaining new insights about the changing Southern Ocean with help from sensors developed by a research team at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). These sensors will be implemented in the Southern Ocean Carbon and Climate Observations and Modeling (SOCCOM) program, which just received a $21 million grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation. The six-year SOCCOM program, a collaboration between 11 institutions including MBARI, began this month and aims to enhance the scientific and public understanding of the Southern Ocean's role in climate change and biogeochemistry.