Shark-mounted sensors help improve climate forecasts by filling ocean data gaps
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Jenny Staletovich
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A new study from the University of Miami Rosenstiel School reveals that temperature sensors attached to mako and blue sharks can help fill critical data gaps in ocean temperature monitoring. These sharks, capable of traveling vast distances and diving deep, collect temperature data from parts of the ocean that are inaccessible to satellites and drifting buoys. This shark-collected data has been shown to improve short-term climate forecasts by providing more comprehensive ocean temperature readings.
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· 3 pulledA mighty predator of the sea, capable of traveling vast distances and diving thousands of feet deep, may become a valuable tool in helping forecast climate change.
Using mako and blue sharks, among the most nomadic of sharks, scientists were able to fill in data gaps and improve short-term climate forecasts.
Sensors usually attached to sharks to investigate their behavior can also allow scientists to track temperature changes in parts of the oceans often inaccessible to satellites and drifters pulled by currents.
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