Tag: "MARS"

During July 2009, the Benthic Rover traveled across the seafloor while hooked up to the MARS ocean observatory.  - Credit and © MBARI

New Robot To Determine The Impact Of Climate Change On Deep-Sea Ecosystems

A new MBARI robot spent most of July traveling across the muddy ocean bottom, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) off the California coast. The Benthic Rover has been providing scientists with an entirely new view of life on the deep seafloor and is meant to give scientists a way to document the effects of climate change on the deep sea.