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drones & ROVs

A glacier sits atop a jagged gray mountain.
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A New 3D Map Shows Precipitous Decline of Ugandan Glaciers

by Emily Dieckman 3 April 20253 April 2025

A team of dozens spent weeks in the Rwenzori Mountains capturing drone photography, GPS coordinates, and ground-penetrating radar data to document glacial retreat.

View from afar of a blue and white research vessel next to an iceberg.
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Thriving Antarctic Ecosystem Revealed by a Departing Iceberg

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 31 March 202531 March 2025

A quick-calving iceberg gave scientists a rare glimpse into what hides beneath Antarctic ice.

aerial image of the surface of Lirung Glacier, Nepal.
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The Complex Evolution of Debris-Covered Glacier Surfaces

by Ann Rowan 20 March 202520 March 2025

A first look at how the surfaces of debris-covered glaciers evolve over time from six years of drone surveys in the Nepal Himalaya.

An illustration of a midsize remotely operated vehicle. The vehicle resembles a yellow box with lights and mechanical arms attached.
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Two ROVs to Join the U.S. Academic Research Fleet

by Grace van Deelen 11 March 202513 March 2025

The midsize remotely operated vehicles, supported by federal grants, will help meet growing demand for submersible research vehicles.

The Alvin submersible hovers over and illuminates the seafloor near the rocky towers of a hydrothermal vent site.
Posted inScience Updates

An Upgraded Alvin Puts New Ocean Depths Within Reach

by Kenna Harmony Rubin, Anna P. M. Michel and S. Adam Soule 31 January 202513 March 2025

The newly retooled submersible, which has already returned fascinating new findings from Earth’s watery depths, is opening more of the deep ocean to direct human exploration.

一艘航行在海上的船的剪影。蔚蓝的天空飘着几朵薄云,大海反射着大量阳光。
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从一万六千公里外探索水下火山

by Nathaniel Scharping 19 November 202419 November 2024

在2022年汤加火山喷发后,对其火山口的测量持续了数月。

A ship traveling on the ocean is seen in silhouette. The sky is blue with some wispy clouds, and the sea is reflecting lots of sunshine.
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Exploring an Underwater Volcano from 16,000 Kilometers Away

by Nathaniel Scharping 12 September 202419 November 2024

Measurements of Hunga volcano’s crater continued for months after its 2022 eruption.

A narrow laser beam illuminates a point on a rocky seafloor outcrop surrounded by sand.
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Sensing Remote Realms of the Deep Ocean on Earth—and Beyond

by Anastasia G. Yanchilina, Laura E. Rodriguez, Roy Price, Laura M. Barge and Pablo Sobron 29 August 202417 October 2024

A novel laser-equipped probe is collecting measurements of deep-sea geochemical environments that once seemed impossible to gather, pointing the way toward future explorations of other ocean worlds.

Der Schwarzwald erstreckt sich über eine hügelige Landschaft im Süden Deutschlands.
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Wissenschaft verknüpft den Wald mit dem Internet der Dinge

Tim Hornyak, Science Writer by Tim Hornyak 8 August 20248 August 2024

Ausgestattet mit rund 10,5 Mio. Euro an Forschungsgeldern werden Forschende neuartige Sensoren zum Einsatz bringen, die der Assimilation von Daten in Echtzeit und der Erstellung von Modellen dienen, die die Auswirkung von Klimaveränderungen auf Waldgebiete abbilden.

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Digitally Preserving Svalbard’s Fragile Geology

by Bill Morris 18 October 202318 October 2023

A team of researchers is making the iconic rock outcrops of Svalbard available to the world through an open-source database of virtual geological models.

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