Bobbing in the swells of the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean sits an array of 55 moored buoys, which scientists have placed there since the mid 1980s to monitor the ocean and atmosphere for signs of El Niño and La Niña events. Such events, which are characterized by changes in water temperatures and air circulation, can wreak havoc on global weather patterns, and accurately anticipating them can save billions of dollars annually.
The Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Project, or TAO buoy array, was designed as an EKG test for the ocean — there to detect the first signs of impending trouble.
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