NASA JPL To Help Gather Sub Arctic Ice Data
NASA Space Technology NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory is working on a robotics project to help gather data from under the Antarctic ice.The current project is called IceNode and aims to deploy a fleet of autonomous robots that are capable of diving deep beneath the Antarctic ice shelves to gather valuable scientific data.The robots should provide insight into global warming and its effects on the ice sheets, which, if they melt, could cause a massive climate disaster across the planet, according to IceNode science lead and JPL climate scientist Ian Fenty:Weve been pondering how to surmount these technological and logistical challenges for years, and we think weve found a way. The goal is getting data directly at the ice-ocean melting interface, beneath the ice shelf.While IceNode’s Principal Investigator and JPL robotics engineer Paul Glick added:These robots...