Researchers at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography are building and deploying what they call Argo floats, all over the world. These under water robots can dive for days at a time ...

As part of the BGC-Argo program, the floats are deployed ... Adam Stoer, a graduate student in Dal's Department of Oceanography and lead author of the paper, says the research represents an ...

A BGC-Argo profiling float equipped with biological and chemical sensors, which can take measurements between the surface of the ocean and a depth of 2,000 metres. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!