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Floating Computers Keep an Eye on the Oceans

Posted by samzenpus on from the somewhere-upon-the-sea dept.

mightysquirrel81 writes "This fascinating picture story shows the tech behind the global Argo progamme set up to monitor the world's oceans. Using 3,000 floating computers and a network of satellites, researchers measure sea temperature and ocean currents to predict climate change."

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  1. Botnet? by dvs01 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder if those run linux. If not, how long before they become a botnet?

    1. Re:Botnet? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      wouldn't it be a boatnet?

  2. Re:Miscalibrated by RuBLed · · Score: 5, Informative

    The link is for registered users only. Here is a google search that will lead you to the pdf file. Google result

  3. Re:If they keep drifting around by Freedryk · · Score: 5, Informative

    They drift at depths of 1-2km most of the time, and down there the ocean mostly moves along topography lines so the floats actually tend to float parallel to coasts. Some of them wash ashore, but much less than would occur if they were at the surface all the time.