Torpedo-shaped robots diving deep into ocean help solve mystery of Antarctica's sea ice

For decades, Antarctic sea ice behaved in a puzzling way. Even as global temperatures rose, sea ice around the continent was ...

Deep-diving robots help crack the mystery of Antarctica’s vanishing sea ice

A decade ago, southern sea ice suddenly and dramatically declined. Scientists say the culprit was a "very violent release" of ...
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Underwater robot discovered record-breaking creature the size of a car that could be thousands of years old, one mile down in the Pacific Ocean

When deep-sea researchers sent their underwater robot more than one mile deep in waters off Hawaiʻi, they were surprised to ...
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A deep-sea robot dove 1,300 m and found something that shouldn’t be

Far below the reach of sunlight, a deep-sea robot descended to 1,300 m and sent back images of something that, on paper, should not be there at all. In a stretch of the Pacific that scientists thought ...
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Deep Sea Robot Explodes, Making James Cameron Sad

Today we mourn the loss of The Nereus, a research robot that was exploring the Kermedec Trench, north east of New Zealand. This trench is one of the deepest parts of the ocean, and the pressure there ...
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Deep sea robots reveal mineral riches in the abyss

BERGEN, Norway (Reuters) - From the safety of their research vessel, scientists are exploring one of Earth's last frontiers - the sea floor - to discover more about valuable minerals vital in the ...