Unveiling the Ocean’s Hidden Green: Robot Explorers Reveal Missing Half of Phytoplankton https://scitechdaily.com/unveiling-the-oceans-hidden-green-robot-explorers-reveal-missing-half-of-phytoplankton/

Carbon-centric dynamics of Earth’s marine phytoplankton https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2405354121

"Using data from #ArgoFloats, scientists have mapped the global distribution of #phytoplankton... This approach reveals that traditional satellite methods, focusing only on surface chlorophyll, significantly underrepresent the total biomass and misjudge the seasonal peak times in much of the oceans."

#Biden-#Harris Administration injects $1.8m into Arctic sea ice research https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/biden-harris-injects-1-8m-fund-into-arctic-sea-ice-research/ #USpol

"This will improve #NOAA’s access to #climate information in the #Arctic, helping us better understand and address the impacts of #ClimateChange in the region... the expansion of the #ArgoFloats array into the Arctic, bolstering its monitoring capabilities while advancing the existing tech to detect and avoid #SeaIce... & new sensors to improve understanding of Arctic sea ice"

US Aims to Improve #Ocean Observations with $ Millions for New Robotic Floats https://www.marinetechnologynews.com/news/improve-ocean-observations-million-635932

"$2.7 million from #Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will be used to replenish and expand an important array of robotic #ArgoFloats that measure ocean and #climate data. The #Argo array is made up of a fleet of robotic instruments that measure #temperature and #salinity in the global ocean, drifting freely with #OceanCurrents... helping #NOAA understand the ocean and its role in climate"