NSF awards $2.8 million grant to develop advanced ocean and atmosphere simulator

Can Earth's complex ocean-atmosphere system be mimicked in a laboratory? The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $2.8 million to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) in La Jolla, California, to construct just such a replica. The new Scripps Ocean Atmosphere Research Simulator (SOARS) will accurately duplicate ocean conditions, capturing the interactions of wind, waves, microbial marine life and chemistry in a laboratory setting. With SOARS, scientists will ... More at https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=243548&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click This is an NSF News item.
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