MERMAID opens prospect of cleaner seas with pollution early warning system
Friday, July 9, 2010 - 11:21
in Earth & Climate
Marine Environmental Remote-controlled Measuring And Integrated Detection - an international team of scientists and engineers developed automatic sensors and analyzers, mounted on a network of radio-controlled stations, to sample, measure and record chemical and biological changes to water. The project later became one of the cornerstones of the intergovernmental GOOS, Global Ocean Observing System.