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First two such gliders were deployed off Chennai coast for trial runs to monitor seas round the year
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Gliders along with tide gauges fitted with GPS sensors will give a rounded data to understand the oceanic ecosystem better because the movements of the sea along with the atmospheric systems control monsoons, cyclonic storms and wave surges besides tsunamis. | Photo Credit:
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First two such gliders were deployed off Chennai coast for trial runs to monitor seas round the year
Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) has successfully tested the first deep sea long range ‘Slocum’ gliders under the recently launched Deep Ocean Mission to monitor the seas round the year and for an accurate assessment of impact of climate change on coastal waters.
Call to invest in a sustainable ocean management system
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Oceans have a direct impact on weather, climate change and the food chain system, says UN expert
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Oceans have a direct impact on weather, climate change and the food chain system, says UN expert
“We know more about the surface of Mars than the depths of the ocean or complete knowledge about the ecosystem when it plays such a vital role in providing oxygen to sustain life through plankton, weather, climate change and the likes. Nations have to invest in a sustainable ocean management system not just through observation but also through more through data and information and demonstrate the value chain,” said executive secretary, Inter-governmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO and assistant DG of UNESCO Vladimir Ryabinin on Wednesday.
INCOIS Foundation Day tomorrow
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Special lectures and symposiums will mark the 23rd foundation day lecture of the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Ministry of Earth Sciences, on Wednesday.
The foundation day lecture will be delivered by executive secretary, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, and Assistant Director-General of UNESCO Vladimir Ryabinin, on “United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (Ocean Decade)”.
It will be followed by an online meeting of “National Decade Coordination Committee (NDCC)” which will be presided over by MoES secretary M. Rajeevan. The celebrations will be preceded by ‘Early career researchers symposium on Tuesday where Raghu Murtugudde (University of Maryland, USA) and Shubha Sathyendranath (Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK) will deliver the plenary talks.
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