Climate scientists to deploy robots in Indian Ocean

Climate scientists to deploy robots in Indian Ocean
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Summary Climate scientists have turned to US to deploy robotic measuring devices in the Indian Ocean.

As the pirates have made Indian Ocean too dangerous for researchers, climate scientists have found a solution to cope up with the emerging problem.Climate scientists have turned to the United States and Australian navies to deploy robotic measuring devices in the Indian Ocean. It is pretty difficult for the climate scientists to send anybody in that area due to which Indian Ocean is now off limits to climate scientists. The robotic measuring devices, called Argos, are about two meters long and drift between the ocean surface to a depth of about 2,000 meters, before resurfacing to send data via satellite.About 3,000 Argos have been deployed globally and about 30 countries contribute to the multi-million dollar program. The Argos is useful to measure oceans shift heat around the globe and drive the worlds weather.

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