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Drifter Nine Goes Quiet: Finding a Lost Robot at Sea
Drifter Nine stopped phoning home mid-survey off Mendocino. Field notes on the search, the recovery at sea and what the fault log told us afterward.
Jack Callum ·
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Drifter Nine stopped phoning home mid-survey off Mendocino. Field notes on the search, the recovery at sea and what the fault log told us afterward.
Jack Callum ·
Ocean gliders ride buoyancy, not propellers, for months at sea. How these slow torpedo-shaped robots survey storms, currents and kelp coasts on sips of power.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·