Jul 31, 2025 | Batteries, Oceanography, Pollution, Robots
A 13mm-long black fish silently patrols the ocean, not to feed or predate, but to clean. Soft and squishy to touch, the flesh of this fish is made of the same material as pearls are made of. As it propels through the ocean, it magnetizes the plastic particles...
Jul 24, 2025 | Climate, Oceanography
Did you know 32% of the 78 million tons of plastic packaging produced annually is left to flow into our oceans?! That’s the equivalent of pouring one rubbish truck of plastic into the ocean every minute. It sounds overwhelming, but a group called The Ocean...
Jul 10, 2025 | Autonomous Ships, Autonomous Vehicles, Oceanography
A new autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) imaged a previously unexplored portion of the seafloor in ultra-deep waters near the Mariana Trench. Operationalizing this technology for the first time was part of a mission led by the Ocean Exploration Cooperative...
Jun 12, 2025 | Featured, Oceanography, Robots
Oceans may cover more than 70% of the Earth’s surface, but we have better maps of the moon than we do the seabed. There are good reasons for that: The ocean floor is obscured, and the harsh environment makes it hard to send humans down to get a closer look. But as...
Apr 3, 2025 | Autonomous Ships, Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Oceanography
A new paper from an international team of more than 50 researchers, including four from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, proposes the creation of a global observing network of AVs roving the ocean surface. Such a network of so-called uncrewed...
Feb 20, 2025 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Oceanography, Robots
It’s spring, the sun is shining and something is about to happen with the plankton in the cold waters of the Arctic Ocean. Long bright days and rising temperatures have awakened the phytoplankton. The spring bloom has begun, and populations of these tiny...
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