measuring polar melting Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 11 Nov 2014 09:09:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Robotic Dolphins Measure Polar Melting and More https://www.greenoptimistic.com/robotic-flippers-measure-polar-melting-20141111/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/robotic-flippers-measure-polar-melting-20141111/#respond Tue, 11 Nov 2014 09:09:16 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=50112 Robots the size of dolphins are measuring how fast the ice in Antartica is melting, demonstrating revolutionary ways of collecting data in remote polar regions. The international research team led by Caltech used three robots measuring 2 meters (6 feet 6 inches) long and costing $240,000 each to measure the salinity and temperature in the […]

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