Ocean-going monitoring floats like this one are deployed from “ships of opportunity” as they transit the ocean. Image courtesy of SOCCOM (NSF Award PLR-1425989)
MBARI NEWS RELEASE: New $53 million grant to create a world-wide fleet of robotic floats to monitor ocean health
MOSS LANDING, CA - On October 29, 2020 the National Science Foundation (NSF) approved a $53 million grant to a consortium of the country’s top ocean-research institutions to build a global…