Earth Expeditions: A Wirewalker of the Deep
submitted by Climate Change:How Skewed Are We...Reall
on 02/06/17
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Scientists lower the Wirewalker into the ocean, where it will travel up and down a 150-meter-long wire between a drifting surface buoy and sediment traps. The instrument is designed to provide numerous measurements along the water column, including temperature, salinity, and oxygen levels. The month-long Sea to Space Particle Expedition in the northern Pacific is observing and characterizing ocean phytoplankton and their role in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Learn more: Earth Expeditions: www.nasa.gov/earthexpeditions Sea to Space Particle Investigation: schmidtocean.org/cruise/sea-space-particle-investigation/ NASA's PACE mission: pace.gsfc.nasa.gov/
