Prompt action by scientists recovered sensors drifting across the Atlantic Ocean that held data on a seabed sediment avalanche that travelled 1,100km.
Prompt action by scientists recovered sensors drifting across the Atlantic Ocean that held data on a seabed sediment avalanche that travelled 1,100km.
A study published today in Nature Communications shows that the data was recovered after anchors mooring these sensors to the seabed had been broken by huge underwater flows.
The recovered data will help predict hazards to seabed telecommunications cables and how future climate or land use changes may impact the deep sea.
Scientists worked with the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and National Oceanography Centre (NOC) to recover the data. Funding for the research was provided by NERC.
Read more at UK Research and Innovation
Image: Pulling up ocean sensor (Photo Credit: Peter Talling)
