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Flipboard Science Desk (sciencedesk@flipboard.social)'s status on Friday, 06-Sep-2024 09:30:20 JST Flipboard Science Desk

NASA is known for its cool tools, and the space agency has developed another: an autonomous underwater robot. A fleet of these robots will dive deep under Antarctica’s polar ice to help scientists better understand how rapidly the ice is melting due to climate change. Learn more about Project IceNode in this video from CNN: https://flip.it/YJQaRs
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1. Meet NASA’s newest tool to fight climate change | CNN
  
  from Bill Weir
  
  A team of NASA rocket scientists is developing autonomous underwater robots that are able to go where humans cannot, deep beneath Antarctica’s giant ice shelves. The robots’ task is to better understand how rapidly ice is melting — and how quickly that could cause catastrophic sea level rise. CNN’s Bill Weir has the latest.

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