American researchers want to fill the oceans with sensors
They could track ships, storms, wildlife and weather
THERE IS TWICE as much water on Earth as land. Oceanographers are nevertheless fond of saying that science knows less about the high seas than it does about the moon. If John Waterston gets his way, though, that could soon change.
This article appeared in the Science & technology section of the print edition under the headline “An ocean of things”
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