And so, the Argo float’s trip under the ice turned out to be an incredibly lucky accident. During an eight-month period, the ...

As the oceans warm, their capacity to melt ice shelves and glaciers increases. Scientists rely on a network of oceanic ...

A small robotic float, lost for nearly nine months beneath Antarctica’s thick ice, has unexpectedly resurfaced—carrying ...

Thanks to an underwater survey robot, oceanographers are getting the first-ever readings collected from underneath East ...

For the first time ever, a robotic float has survived a journey under an East Antarctic ice shelf to deliver unprecedented ...

Argo floats are free-floating robotic oceanographic instruments. As they drift, they rise and fall through the ocean to ...

A robotic float has measured the temperature and salinity from parts of the ocean never sampled before—underneath massive ...

Engineers who specialize in building NASA spacecraft to explore distant worlds are designing a fleet of underwater robot probes to measure how rapidly climate change is melting vast ice sheets around ...

Hoping to collect data on the Southern Ocean’s Ross Sea, scientists deployed Marlin, an autonomous underwater vehicle, two years ago. However, it got stuck under an ice shelf. Not all was lost as the ...

A Chinese six-legged robot dog has completed tests in Antarctica, showcasing its ability to carry heavy loads in extreme cold. As reported by a state broadcaster, footage showed the robot moving a ...

An emperor penguin colony has a new metallic member. A tiny robot, named "Echo," is living with the penguins in Antarctica. The unmanned vehicle will help scientists study the vulnerability of marine ...