Carbon Flux Explorers
Jim Bishop, senior scientist at Berkeley Lab and professor at UC Berkeley, is leading a project to deploy robotic floats that provide data on how microorganisms sequester carbon in the ocean. He recently led a research team on a 10-day voyage, funded by the National Science Foundation, to put the Carbon Flux Explorers to the test. Read more at http://oceanbots.lbl.gov (Video edited by Roxanne Makasdjian and Stephen McNally at UC Berkeley. Footage provided by Jessica Kendall-Bar and Mark Booher.)