The World

Adroitly Adrift

Scientists, students, and fishermen are setting floats with GPS units called drifters out to sea to track ocean currents.

Little floats armed with GPS units are providing scientists and fishermen with important information about ocean currents. These so-called drifters can monitor movement of fish, and the path of oil spills and waste. Producer Ari Daniel Shapiro went out with a group of students and scientists to drop some drifters into the water.