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the loop current in the Gulf of Mexico

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Science in a Time of Crisis: Tracking the Currents

May 2011

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A screenshot from video of a school of fish swimming.

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Bob the Drifter

February 2014

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One-meter-tall plastic drifters are released into the Gulf of Mexico in 2012. Over 300 of these drifters were released and their location information was sent to researchers every five minutes through GPS satellite.

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CARTHE Drifters: Where does oil go when it is spilled?

February 2014

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The robotic underwater glider Scarlet Knight crossed the Atlantic over the course of several months in 2009.

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Underwater Robots Explore the Ocean

October 2010

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