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Under the sea

Network of sensors and robots will probe oceans' mysteries

By Felicia Mello
Globe Correspondent / September 10, 2007

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From global warming to energy security, some of the biggest challenges facing our species involve processes taking place in the oceans. So it might come as a surprise that even oceanographers say we know virtually nothing about the giant saltwater ecosystem that covers so much of the earth. (Full article: 1104 words)

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