Former Google CEO Will Fund Boat Drones to Explore Rough Antarctic Waters

Former Google CEO Will Fund Boat Drones to Explore Rough Antarctic Waters

Scientists have a lot of questions about our planet’s most important carbon sink—and a new project could help answer them.

Eric Schmidt Funds AI Drone Boats for Antarctic Climate Research

In a move that underscores the growing intersection of Silicon Valley philanthropy and cutting-edge environmental science, Eric Schmidt, the former chief executive of Google, has committed funding through his family’s foundation to deploy autonomous drone boats into the treacherous waters surrounding Antarctica. The initiative, detailed in a recent report by Wired, aims to gather critical data on the Southern Ocean’s role as a major carbon sink,…