Robot survives months in never-seen Antarctic cavity, finds heat beneath glaciers
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An autonomous robotic float survived 2.5 years drifting beneath East Antarctica's ice shelves, disappearing for eight months before resurfacing with unprecedented ocean data from this inaccessible region. The probe revealed that while Shackleton ice shelf appears stable with no warm water beneath it, Denman Glacier faces a more dangerous situation with warm water already present that could accelerate melting and contribute 1.5 meters to global sea level rise.
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