EAST BOOTHBAY (AP) — The National Science Foundation is awarding a Maine marine science lab nearly $1.2 million to study the chemistry of the ocean.
The award will fund a Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Project about sub-Antartic mode water, which is an important water mass.
According to Maine Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, that lab is working on a project to examine the biogeochemical and physical conditioning of the water mass.
The project will include a pair of expeditions to the Southeast Indian Ocean.
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