Argo has released an environmental impact statement that discusses Argo float’s impact during their entire lifetime. It also examines the environmental impact of alternate ways to obtain similar measurements and explores whether Argo floats should be recovered. Read the entire environmental impact statement.
Argo floats deployed from I8S and I9N cruises near Antarctica
I8S and I9N cruise overview The 2007 “I8S” and “I9N” cruises on R/V Roger Revelle were part of a systematic and global re-occupation of select WOCE/JGOFS hydrographic sections to quantify changes in storage and transport of heat, fresh water, carbon dioxide (CO2), and related parameters. Scientific objectives for the cruises included providing data for model calibration and validation, carbon system … Read More
Float deployments from the RV L’Atalante
From laboratory to ocean – sending Argo floats to sea September 14, 2004 Loading the floats On one of the many sunny days in Southern California, 24 Solo floats were carefully packed into a shipping container ready for deployment in the South Pacific. Their destination was Papeete in French Polynesia where they were loaded onto the French Research Vessel L’Atalante … Read More
Earth Reporters: Sea Change
Susan Wijffels talks about understanding the climate In a radio segment on Earth Reporters, Dr. Susan Wijffels discusses Argo data and how it helps us understand the climate.
Argo in NY Times 2020
Argo records warming ocean temperatures A January 2020 NY Times article covers the release of a report on ocean warming which uses Argo data to show that the last five years have been the warmest oceans on record.
Argo in Seattle Times
Paul G. Allen Philanthropies to help fund Deep Argo array A Seattle Times article from September 2017 highlights the agreement between NOAA and the Paul G. Allen Philanthropies to help fund the Deep Argo array. The $4 million grant will fund a Deep Argo pilot array in the Brazil basin.
Argo in NY Times
NY Times calls Argo, “one of the scientific triumphs of our times” The April 2014 NY Times article covers prototype deployments of Deep Argo SOLO-II floats on a R/V Tangaroa cruise off the coast of New Zealand and how measurements from Argo floats can help to better understand and predict climate change.
The first submission is a piece of artwork Howard Freeland received from a student in June 2011 after he had the opportunity to talk to a group of “home-school” children in Canada during an event called Tech Week organized by a home-school parent. Howard has worked with these children before, many live in remote areas without access to schools. Eliana … Read More
Teaching French using Argo floats
Dr. Nathalie Zilberman visited a French high school class in Grossmont, CA during September 2015 where she used her native French to talk about Argo floats. She brought a demo SOLO-II Argo float to help explain how floats work. Here is where Grossmont is located: