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Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health XPRIZE

Paid a $2 million purse to teams building affordable, accurate ocean pH and CO2 sensors.

Launched in 2013 with a $2 million purse, the prize ran finalist testing across three sites: an aquarium in Seattle, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, and deep waters near Hawaii. In 2015, Montana-based Sunburst Sensors took first place in both the affordability and accuracy tracks with its Submersible Autonomous Moored Instrument (SAMI) systems, which gathered readings from roughly tw

Climate Tech

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