Tuesday, November 22, 2016

How to monitor global ocean warming without harming whales

Most of the extra heat trapped by human-generated emissions is ending up in the oceans. But tracking the temperature of the world's oceans to monitor the change is trickier than it might seem. While satellites monitor surface temperature, measuring the ocean's interior temperature poses a logistical challenge. Now an oceanographer has proposed a method to cheaply monitor temperature throughout the depths of the world's oceans without harming marine mammals.

from Oceanography News -- ScienceDaily http://ift.tt/2geESq0
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