The biomass data is a measurement of the number of tiny organisms that take up carbon dioxide as they photosynthesize. The SOLO probes are the first to measure how abundant these photosynthesizing organisms are. The information will indicate how much atmospheric carbon dioxide is being sunk into the ocean, a major reservoir for the atmospheric gas. Data from the probes will be transmitted back to an orbiting satellite after the SOLO probe reaches the surface. SOLO would then repeat the dive, over and over again, as it travels on the ocean currents.
Residents say the groundhogs are attacking their cars at night.
Some crawl under hoods, presumably for warmth and others eat insulation or even chew up the electrical systems, causing hundreds of dollars in damage. So far, more than a dozen cars have been vandalized. Quebec law forbids the shooting of groundhogs, so the local humane society is stepping in to trap the animals. If the residents of Gatineau are looking for something to do with the hundreds of dispossessed groundhogs, maybe they should look south. Apparently they just love them in Puxatawney.