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May 9, 2008
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Modified 20-foot cargo container that houses the trace-metals laboratory.
Researchers led by University of Hawaii oceanography professor Chris Measures headed to the seas to study trace metals in the oceans at the source. At sea, the trace-metals laboratory is housed in a portable, modified 20-foot cargo container.
Credit: Pien Huang, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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