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Using seals to probe remote seas

Seals equipped with sensors on their foreheads are helping scientists collect data from some of the most remote corners of the world, advancing research on global warming, ice cover and weather forecasting.

The project has involved more than 1,000 seals since it began in 2004 and yesterday the international scientists behind it launched the portal 鈥淢arine Mammals Exploring the Oceans Pole-to-pole鈥 (www.meop.net) with the data collected so far.

鈥淭hey are taking data from places where there has been virtually no data before. It鈥檚 unique,鈥 said Mike Fedak, head of the Sea Mammal Research Unit at St Andrew鈥檚 University in Britain.

The project involves an international consortium from 11 countries: Australia, Brazil, Britain, Canada, China, France, Germany, Greenland, Norway, South Africa and United States.


 

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