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Elephant Seals Fitted with Electronic Monitors in Southern Ocean. By David Fogarty, Reuters, 10/15/10. “Scientists are outfitting elephant seals and self-propelled water gliders with monitoring equipment to unlock the oceans' secrets and boost understanding of the impacts of climate change… But scientists say they need to ramp up a global monitoring network, with the Southern Ocean between Australia and Antarctica playing a key role. The Southern Ocean is a major ‘sink’ of mankind's carbon emissions and an engine of the world's climate.”