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China's comprehensive research vessel KEXUE departed from Qingdao in east China's Shandong Province Saturday for an estimated 40-day mission in the western Pacific, marking the 15th voyage of a shared research cruise that began in 2010.
The expedition brings together scientists from more than 10 institutions, including the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ocean University of China, Sun Yat-sen University and Xiamen University. Their work will center on two major questions: how the western Pacific's currents and warm pool influence regional and global climate, and how the region's complex geology has evolved over time.
Research will span air-sea interaction, physical oceanography, marine biology, chemistry and seafloor geology.