Drifting robot delivers first data beneath East Antarctic ice shelves: Australian study

MELBOURNE, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- A robotic float has completed the first oceanographic transect beneath East Antarctic ice shelves, measuring the temperature and salinity from parts of the ocean never sampled before, an Australian study revealed Saturday.

This provides insights into the vulnerability of the ice shelves and their potential contribution to sea level rise, said a media release from the Australian Anta