{"665955":{"#nid":"665955","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"A torpedo-like robot named Icefin is giving us the full tour of the \u2018Doomsday\u2019 glacier","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThwaites, a notoriously unstable glacier in western Antarctica, is cracking and disintegrating, spelling\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.popsci.com\/environment\/thwaites-glacier-climate-change\/\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003Ebad news\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;for sea level rise across the globe. Efforts\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.popsci.com\/technology\/boaty-mcboatface-antarctica-thwaites-glacier\/\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003Eare afoot\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to understand the geometry and chemistry of Thwaites, which is about the size of Florida, in order to gauge the impact that warming waters and climate change may have on it. An 11-foot tube-like underwater robot called\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/schmidt.astro.cornell.edu\/icefin\/?playlist=1769ca3\u0026amp;video=6f76132\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EIcefin\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026mdash; first developed at Georgia Tech \u0026mdash; is offering us a detailed look deep under the ice at how the vulnerable ice shelf in Antarctica is melting. By way of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-022-05691-0\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Etwo\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-022-05586-0\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Epapers\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;published this week in the journal\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ENature\u003C\/em\u003E, Icefin has been providing pertinent details regarding the conditions beneath the freezing waters. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/justin-lawrence\u0022\u003EJustin Lawrence,\u003C\/a\u003E a graduate student in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/justin-lawrence\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, is one of the co-authors of the papers. (This research is\u0026nbsp;also covered in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/a-robot-finds-more-trouble-under-the-doomsday-glacier\/\u0022\u003EWired\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/science-environment-64640796\u0022\u003EBBC.com\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nyu.edu\/about\/news-publications\/news\/2023\/february\/scientists-discover-new-processes-driving-retreat-of-thwaites-gl.html\u0022\u003ENYU.edu\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/robel-dr-alexander\u0022\u003EAlexander Robel\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences who leads the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iceclimate.eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EIce and Climate Group\u003C\/a\u003E, is quoted in the Wired article.)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-02-20 15:20:47","changed_gmt":"2023-02-22 17:25:57","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.popsci.com\/technology\/icefin-robot-thwaites-glacier\/","dateline":{"date":"2023-02-17T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-02-17T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"174094","name":"Justin Lawrence"},{"id":"831","name":"climate change"},{"id":"171969","name":"Glaciers"},{"id":"189817","name":"glacial melt"},{"id":"192173","name":"Icefin probe"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}