NBC San Diego visited the Instrument Develop Group Lab at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego to learn about the Argo floats produced there and what they measure. Dr. Sarah Purkey is interviewed and the impact of Argo’s impact on our understanding of the ocean and climate change. To view the story, click here.
Argo robots are free roaming ocean adventurers
Frontiers for Young Minds just published a fun article explaining Argo to the kid in all of us. Thanks to Blair Greenan, Annie Wong, Tammy Morris, Emily Smith and Marine Bollard for helping people of all ages understand how Argo floats work, what they can tell us and why that matters. Click here to read the article.
OneArgo session at COP27
Thanks to Shawnee Tralyer and Cora Hersh who delivered a presentation on OneArgo at the Oceans Pavilion at CPO27 on November 14th. This was followed by a panel with Dr. Rick Spinrad, Dr. Margaret Leinen and Dr. Carol Anne Clayson in person and Dr. Susan Wijffels virtually.
Argo improves our understanding of the Southern Ocean in NY Times 2021
This interactive article in the 14, December 2021 NY Times describes how Argo floats, including BGC Argo, have helped scientists understand the Southern Ocean.
How much will our oceans warm and cause sea levels to rise this century? We’ve just improved our estimate
An article in The Conversation by Kewei Lyu, John Church and Xuebin Zhang covers their recent article in Nature Climate Change on warming oceans and sea level rise based on 15 years of Argo measurements.
German GEOlino Journal features Argo
The German publication GEOlino published an article on Argo aimed at children. The pdf version is available here.
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.
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