by Researchers use an unlikely ally to improve the forecast of the hurricane.
Three sharks equipped with sensors swim in warm Atlantic to collect critical hurricane data, a contrast to the usual flying hurrican hunters of the national oceanic and the annoying administration in heaven.
“The ocean is so huge, so enormous that it is largely inaccessible to something” The Washington Post.
“But by instrumenting the animals that live out there,” he said, “you can basically transform them into these ocean sensors that constantly collect data.”
The sharks collect information about water conductivity and temperature. Record temperatures of the sea surface have fueled particularly large and strong hurricanes in recent years. The temperatures are the result of a warming planet and a man -made climate change.
The researchers turn to sharks in order to provide hard -to -make octopolases that could help predict hurricanes. The sensors associated with the sharks can contribute to the understanding of the path and the strength of the cyclones (credit: trophic and spatial ecological research laboratory)
It is unclear whether the sharks will ever come close to the cyclones. By monitoring the temperature, scientists can better understand what the United States is for every hurricane season, including where the hurricanes go and whether they are charged.
Haie, a Keystone species and an APEX predator have a clear access to data that was difficult to get. Weather satellites are unable to see past the surface of the ocean, and the robot winners who send scientists to the continental shelf are effective, but slow and expensive for maintaining.
The tags on the sharks can record this data more efficiently. Two Mako sharks are marked to measure temperature, depth and conductivity. A white shark has a satellite day to evaluate whether the species could be a good candidate for a similar marking in the future. You can also test hammer pots and whale sharks.
“Hairs are faster than [robotic] Sailing aircraft. You can stay outside for a long time ” The contribution.
“So the hope is that we can let this sharks go out and work in the concert,” she said.
Research is led by Carlisle and professor from the University of Delaware, Matt Oliver. You work with the MID-Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Ocean observation system of the NOAA-DE regional arm of the integrated program for integrated ocean observation system of the agency.
In the future, the plan will be to mark a year dozens of sharks and to feed this data in hurricane computer models.
So far, said Carlisle The contribution That one of the two sharks has returned temperature data to you, but the other swam too flat in water than the sensor has switched on.
The researchers said that they selected the Makos because they often return to the surface so that the tags can send the data to satellites so that the scientists can call up.
Shortfin Makos able to reach swimming speeds of over 40 miles per hour are the fastest sharks in the ocean. After a review, Noaa announced in 2022 that she would not list it as an endangered or endangered way. They are listed by the endangered International Union for nature conservation.
The Delaware University researchers used two Mako sharks with tags to pursue water conductivity, temperature and depth. In the future, however, they hope to mark more types, but assure them that they do everything to minimize the effects on the subjects (credit: trophic and spatial ecology research laboratory).
One of three types of sharks and rays are currently threatened with extinction. After the 1970s, the overfishing of global shark and ray figures reduced by more than 70 percent, according to the International Fund for Animal Welfare. The charity organization notes that people in commercial fisheries kill around 190 sharks per minute and 100 million sharks every year.
The researchers explained to USA TODAY That they did not expect the sensors to have a lot of harmful effects on their test subjects and that they undergo a thorough approval and review process.
“We do everything we can to minimize the effects of determining the fins of the animals,” said Carlisle The contribution. “We all love the animals, so we don’t want to hurt them.”
