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Autonomous Underwater Explorers - Scripps Institution of Oceanography

New Robots Will Help Fill in Gaps and Enhance Ocean Knowledge

Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have been awarded a total of nearly $2.5 million to develop a new breed of ocean-probing instruments and design and develop the systems necessary to control the movement of those autonomous underwater explorers (AUEs). These “Miniature Robotic Ocean Explorers” are intended to plug gaps of knowledge about key ocean processes and trace fine details of fundamental oceanographic mechanisms that are vital to tiny marine inhabitants.

Nov 19, 2009 | 0 comments View Post
On Aug. 11, Scripps Institution of Oceanography SEAPLEX researchers encountered a large ghost net with tangled rope, net, plastic, and various biological organisms. Credit: Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Expedition to the “Great Ocean Garbage Patch”

Expedition to learn about the size of the “garbage patch” and the threats it poses to marine life and the gyre’s biological environment back.

On August 2, 2009 researchers left on the Scripps Environmental Accumulation of Plastic Expedition (SEAPLEX) on board the research vessel (R/V) New Horizon.

Sep 02, 2009 | 1 comment View Post
Alaska Region Research Vessel - Source: NSF

New Alaska Region Research Vessel Awarded

The NSF made its first major award under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to construct the Alaska Region Research Vessel (ARRV).

Jun 02, 2009 | 0 comments View Post