New floats probe the ocean at a depth of 4,000 meters
The Argo program constitutes a revolution in the history of ocean observation, essential for the study of climate change. It relies on an army of more than 4,000 profiling floats constantly floating in the ocean, measuring its temperature and salinity (and sometimes biogeochemical properties like oxygen, pH, or chlorophyll concentration). Capable of diving from the …
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