🎧 MIT Lincoln Laboratory researchers are developing low-cost acoustic and seismic sensor networks to monitor Arctic ice fractures and marine life, while a magnetic-field communication modem achieved through-ice data transmission of about 1.2 kilobytes per second, aiming to reduce the need for researchers to work directly on dangerous sea ice.
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Air-dropped acoustic sensors could track dangerous Arctic ice changes
Scientists are developing through-ice sensor networks to monitor shifting Arctic conditions without risking human lives.
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