CAGE, Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate, has selected Kongsberg Maritime (Kongsberg, Norway) to develop and deliver two ocean observatories. The observatories will be deployed off the coast of Svalbard, Norway, in 2015 to monitor methane leaks from the seabed. The observatories will be self-contained, advanced autonomous sensor systems. They will be deployed for 12 months continuous operation on the Arctic seabed, powered by battery packages and able to wirelessly keep contact with the surface through Kongsberg Maritime's acoustic communication technology. This is the first time that research is being done on the entire methane emission system from the seabed to the atmosphere, CAGE said.
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