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Three red saildrones with built-in solar panels float in a line in the water beside a dock.
Posted inFeatures

An Unprecedented View Inside a Hurricane

by Gregory R. Foltz, Chidong Zhang, Christian Meinig, Jun A. Zhang and Dongxiao Zhang 6 May 202224 May 2022

To improve future tropical cyclone forecasts, researchers sent a remotely operated saildrone into the extreme winds and towering waves around the eye of a category 4 hurricane.

Photograph of the southern flank of the Merapi volcano during a partial collapse
Posted inNews

Drones Discover Hidden Weaknesses of Collapsing Volcanoes

by Clarissa Wright 7 April 202222 April 2022

Understanding buried, hidden zones of structural weaknesses within Indonesia’s Merapi volcano can help to substantially advance our ability to predict catastrophic dome failures.

Andrew Pietruszka helps guide the pilot of a remotely operated vehicle exploring underwater sites that may contain aircraft wreckage from WWII.
Posted inNews

Robotic Vehicles Explore World War II Era Ocean Battlefields

by James Dacey 7 April 20227 April 2022

Project Recover used autonomous underwater vehicles to identify, access, and image hard-to-reach World War II wreckage sites near the Northern Mariana Islands.

A “black smoker” chimney
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Exploration and Evaluation of Deep-Sea Mining Sites

by Aaron Sidder 14 February 202214 February 2022

Two studies chart new territory for the fledgling deep-sea mining industry through advances in the identification and analysis of seafloor hydrothermal mounds.

A white seacraft moves through deep green water
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A New Mayflower, Named for the Past, Autonomously Navigates the Future

by Alka Tripathy-Lang 24 January 202221 March 2022

To commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims’ crossing, a ship guided by an AI captain will embark on the same journey, doing science along the way.

A bright blue light is seen just under the water’s surface off the back of a docked boat.
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A Bright, LED-Lit Future for Ocean Sciences

by Collin P. Ward 20 December 202118 April 2022

LEDs have taken over the global lighting market. Now it’s time for this versatile, low-cost, and energy-efficient technology to illuminate oceanic processes.

Ice breakup along the southwestern shores of Illinois Beach State Park on Lake Michigan
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Drones and Crowdsourced Science Aid Great Lakes Data Collection

by Iris Crawford 17 December 202111 January 2022

Important data collection can aid coastal monitoring and management.

Against a blue sky streaked with white clouds, Michael Bunds runs along a dirt road as he lands a black fixed-wing drone. Chelsea Scott, wearing red, stands with her back to the photographer, watching the drone and looking at desert scrub in the foreground.
Posted inNews

Drone Rules Make Tracking Down Faults a Difficult Feat

by Alka Tripathy-Lang 6 October 202121 March 2022

Regulations differ from country to country, but on one point, they’re relatively uniform: Drones must remain within their operators’ line of sight. How do earthquake scientists collect drone data while working within the rules?

Saildrone uncrewed sailing vehicle
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Remote-Controlled Ocean Drones Observe Atmospheric Cold Pools

by Jack Lee 6 July 202116 December 2021

Novel uncrewed sailing vehicles measured properties of atmospheric cold pools in hard-to-reach regions of the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.

A photo of the Dingo Fence in Australia’s Strzelecki Desert shows greater shrub density on the northern side of the fence (left side of the image).
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A Reminder of a Desert’s Past, Before Dingo Removal

by Nancy Averett 8 April 202116 December 2021

A fence spans Australia’s Strzelecki Desert, keeping dingoes out of the southern side. Drone and satellite technology have illustrated how removing this top predator changes vegetation growth.

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