INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Chinese scientists have deployed a buoy-based research platform in the South China Sea that can track both atmospheric and oceanic changes
– even in typhoon-force winds.
Anchored 3,500 metres (11,400 feet) below the surface, the system is designed for synchronised,
multilayered observations spanning 10km (6.2 miles) into the atmosphere and 1km into the ocean, according to the Institute of Oceanology at
the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Qingdao, which led the project.
The buoy – powered by a...
