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THIS SPRING, A COMMERCIAL SHIP CALLED TIJUCA SET OUT ACROSS THE NORTH ATLANTIC WITH SOME UNUSUAL CARGO: two tubular Argo instruments capable of measuring ocean temperature, salinity, and other marine properties. While relatively uneventful, the deployment of these instruments by a merchant vessel opens a new chapter for ocean monitoring. Under the Science Research on…
When the commercial ship, M/V Bulk Xaymaca was in dry dock earlier this year, the owners of the oceangoing dry bulk carrier voluntarily cut a hole in its bottom to install a scientific sensor to measure water current speeds at various ocean depths. Now, as the 225-meter-long ship plies its regular seventeen-day round trip route…