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Tagging seals with sensors helps scientists track ocean currents and a changing climate

  • Written by Lilian Dove, Postdoctoral Fellow of Oceanography, Brown University

A surprising technique has helped scientists observe how Earth’s oceans are changing, and it’s not using specialized robots or artificial intelligence. It’s tagging seals.

Several species of seals live around and on Antarctica and regularly dive more than 100 meters in search of their next meal. These seals are experts at...

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