Pacific Ocean



It is not possible to solve some of the most perplexing problems affecting America’s oceans. It is only because very little is known about how ocean currents work. But, California researchers are attempting to find answers to this now. It is the largest effort of its kind in the world. The efforts are taken to produce real-time color images of the speed, direction and intensity of the ocean’s movements, and then post them on the Internet.



The researchers are assembling a network of radar stations along all 1,100 miles of the state’s coastline from Mexico to Oregon, to find a tool to explore these unknown arenas. With this, oil spills can be tracked, lost sailors can be found, fish populations can be restored. And this will ultimately help preventing water pollution from making beachgoers sick.



The high-tech way to take the pulse of the Pacific and help the environment, public health and marine research, costs $21 million. 13 major universities and research centers including the University of California-Santa Cruz, Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the U.S. Geological Survey have built this in a partnership.



Via: Mercury News