NASA launches mission to study climate, ocean currents By IANS | 0 Views NASA launches mission to study climate, ocean currents(Photo: Courtesy of Benjamin Greenwood / Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution). Image Source: IANS News Washington, May 19 : After being delayed over a year due to the pandemic, NASA has launched a mission with scientific instruments aboard a self-propelled ocean glider and several airplanes to study the role of small-scale whirlpools and ocean currents in climate change. The Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment (S-MODE) mission will deploy its suite o...