CDT (IMAGE)

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

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A conductivity, temperature, and depth sensor, or CTD, lowers into the Sargasso Sea. Researchers used the instrument to collect phytoplankton, a foundation of ocean health, which they studied to discover what controls the balance of nutrients in the marine microorganisms.

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Photo by Debra Lomas

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