NASA, NSF Plunge Into Ocean 'Twilight Zone' to Explore Ecosystem Carbon Flow
The NSF-NASA EXPORTS project will track the fate of phytoplankton (green) in the Pacific Ocean. Credit: NASA
(18-Jun-18) A large multidisciplinary team of scientists, equipped with advanced underwater robotics and an array of analytical instrumentation, will set sail for the northeastern Pacific Ocean this August. The team's mission for NASA and the National Science Foundation (NSF) is to study the life and death of the small organisms that play a critical role in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and in the ocean's carbon cycle.
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