Ice-Diving Drones Embark on Risky Antarctic Mission – Scientific American
Article Synopsis – A fleet of seven underwater robots will spend a year attempting to map the bottom of a melting ice shelf in Antarctica in order to observe the melting process and help forecast sea level rise. The drones will be sent under the Pine Island Ice Shelf. The flow of ice from Pine Island Glacier has sped up by nearly 75 percent over the past 40 years and its shelf is holding back enough ice to flood every coastal city on Earth. To read the actual article click here.