submersible

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As a young postdoctoral scientist, he joined pioneering expeditions and descended more than a mile below the ocean surface in the submersible Alvin, where he observed thriving ecosystems in total darkness.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

The robot is fully submersible in case of flooding and is compatible with special snow tires.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2026

A new team of Indonesian scientists is now surveying its biodiversity, including with submersible dives that put the researchers right into the environment they are studying.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

He is excited, for example, about a future where we “go full James Cameron” and send an autonomous submersible down into the sea of Europa, one of Jupiter’s nearly 100 moons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

To survive for long on Venus, a space vehicle would have to be refrigerated as well as built like a deep submersible.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan