Storm scientists sent a hardy seafaring drone
The robot captured the first-ever footage from an uncrewed vehicle —
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration mission is intended to improve scientists’ understanding of how hurricanes rapidly intensify into monstrous storms with destructive winds and deadly flooding. The Saildrone measures the critical conditions on the sea surface that drive these intensification events.
“We’ll learn a lot,” Gregory Foltz, a NOAA oceanographer,
As the climate warms,