Exploring the deep: Drones supply new methods to watch sea flooring

Researchers have developed a novel methodology for measuring the earth’s crust on the seafloor. A light-weight geodetic measurement system was mounted on a sea-surface touchdown unmanned aerial automobile (UAV). The mobility of this new system will allow fast, environment friendly assortment of real-time deep seafloor data, which is important for understanding earthquake danger, in addition to numerous different oceanographic observations.