Scientists Install Autonomous Lab off Norway
Rhonda Moniz
June 13, 2012
Scientists of the GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research have developed a modular multidisciplinary seafloor observatory. The new modular ocean floor observatory, MoLab of GEOMAR (Germany), consists of one master lander, three satellite landers, three eddy correlation modules and two mooring modules. The MoLab will be able to measure chemical, geological, biological, and physical parameters over the course of several months. The MoLab Installation will be placed over a coldwater coral reef off the coast of northern Noraway. “We want to find out why the corals grow at this specific place and what the impact of climate change on the corals will be “, Dr Olaf Pfannkuche, chief scientist of the cruise that will send MoLab down, said in the press release.