Sensors attached to animals gather valuable data to track and mitigate the human influence on marine life. A Kobe University ...
One member of this effort is Tierney Thys who is using new high-tech tracking devices to chart the travel habits of the animals, once widely believed to live primarily in the open ocean.
However, maintaining suitable conditions was no mean feat: it relied on a 10.6-metre (almost 35 feet) deep tank which had been specially designed for open ocean animals and held 15 million litres ...
Biologging uses animal sensors to track ocean changes, helping scientists address climate, pollution, and conservation.
According to NBC2 News, Bryn Crowell and her friends recently took a boat ride in the waters around Fort Lauderdale and discovered a small dog struggling to stay afloat alone in the open ocean.
“But they’re designed as open ocean animals. They're not designed to interact with the shoreline, which is usually why they meet their demise when they come into contact with the shore.
Photo Credit: NASA Oxygen-starved ocean “dead zones,” where fish and animals cannot survive, have been expanding in the open ocean and coastal waters for several decades as a result of human ...