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A drone hovers over a beach.
Posted inNews

Drones Make Weather Prediction Easier at the Poles

by Andrew Chapman 23 December 202223 December 2022

Researchers measured wind speed with a commercially available drone and a lightweight sensor. The approach could help scientists gather more data from remote environments.

The research vessel Nathaniel B. Palmer studies the Thwaites Glacier in 2019.
Posted inNews

Seafloor Reveals a Period of Rapid Retreat for Thwaites Glacier

by Javier Barbuzano 13 October 202225 January 2023

New high-resolution seafloor imagery shows a series of delicate ridges produced by the glacier’s front as it bobbed daily with the tides, revealing a recent period of rapid retreat.New high-resolution seafloor imagery shows a series of delicate ridges produced by the glacier’s front as it bobbed daily with the tides, revealing a recent period of rapid retreat.

The Black Forest stretches across a hilly landscape in southern Germany.
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Scientists Bring Forests into the Internet of Things

by Tim Hornyak 1 August 202222 December 2022

Armed with $10.5 million in funding, researchers will deploy novel sensors for real-time data assimilation and modeling of how changes in climate are affecting woodlands.

Andrew Pietruczka ayuda a guiar al piloto de un vehículo operado remotamente que explora sitios submarinos que podrían contener restos de aeronaves de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Andrew y el piloto miran hacía un arreglo de monitores con información e imágenes enviadas por el vehículo.
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Vehículos robóticos exploran campos de batalla de la Segunda Guerra Mundial en el océano

by James Dacey 5 July 202222 July 2022

El Proyecto Recover usa vehículos autónomos submarinos para identificar, acceder, y captar imágenes de sitios difíciles de alcanzar con restos de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, cerca de las Islas Marianas del Norte.

Three red saildrones with built-in solar panels float in a line in the water beside a dock.
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An Unprecedented View Inside a Hurricane

by Gregory R. Foltz, Chidong Zhang, Christian Meinig, Jun A. Zhang and Dongxiao Zhang 6 May 202223 June 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.

Three figures from the paper showing a map of bedrock channels on the seafloor, an image of a remotely-operated vehicle, and an image of potholes.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

New Observations Reveal Ancient Subglacial Water Paths

by Olga Sergienko 13 April 20222 August 2022

Analyses of new shipboard and ROV observations of bedrock channels carved by floods and outbursts from subglacial lakes under Antarctica shed light on complex subglacial processes.

Photograph of the southern flank of the Merapi volcano during a partial collapse
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Drones Discover Hidden Weaknesses of Collapsing Volcanoes

by Clarissa Wright 7 April 20221 June 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 20225 July 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
Posted inFeatures

A New Mayflower, Named for the Past, Autonomously Navigates the Future

by Alka Tripathy-Lang 24 January 202219 July 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.

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