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Before disappearing under Antarctica in 2024, this autonomous sub mapped the underside of the 'Doomsday Glacier' and discovered massive, unexpected ice structures. (Full report below)

**The real story behind the "disappearing Antarctic robot sub" headline**

A lot of people saw this headline and immediately thought of a sci-fi movie or some kind of cover-up. The actual story is pure oceanography, but honestly, it’s just as wild. Here is what actually went down with that submarine, what it found, and why it's a massive deal for climate science.

### So, what exactly is this submarine?
The "robot sub" is actually an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) named Ran, owned by the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. It looks like a giant, 23-foot-long orange torpedo and is packed with millions of dollars worth of advanced sonar and sensors. Scientists took Ran down to West Antarctica to study the Dotson Ice Shelf. This wasn't a random location; Dotson acts as a critical buttress for the massive Thwaites Glacier system—often referred to in the media as the "Doomsday Glacier." Thwaites has the potential to raise global sea levels by several feet if it collapses, and scientists needed hard data on exactly how fast the ocean is eroding the foundational shelves holding it back.

### Here is what they were trying to find out
We know the Antarctic ice sheet is melting and losing mass rapidly, but there's a massive blind spot: it’s melting from the bottom up. Warm ocean currents are traveling deep into the dark cavity underneath the floating ice shelves, eating away at them from below. Because this ice is anywhere from 600 to 1,200 feet thick, it is completely pitch black and physically impossible for humans, ships, or satellites to see what's happening. Until recently, computer models just assumed the under-ice surface was pretty much a flat, smooth ceiling.

To find out for sure, the plan was to send Ran directly into the abyss. It was programmed to dive under the ice shelf, navigate the treacherous, unmapped cavity entirely on its own, and use its multibeam sonar to create the first-ever high-resolution 3D maps of the ice shelf's underbelly. The sheer scale of what Ran accomplished is staggering. During its successful preliminary campaign in 2022, Ran spent a cumulative 27 days operating under the ice. It traveled over 1,000 kilometers in the dark cavity, penetrated up to 17 kilometers (about 11 miles) deep into the subglacial void, and mapped over 54 square miles of hidden, underwater terrain.

### This is what it actually found down there
When scientists finally looked at the maps Ran sent back, they realized their previous assumptions were completely wrong. The underside of the ice wasn't smooth at all—it looked like an alien landscape. The data proved that the ice shelf is not melting evenly. While the eastern side of the shelf is thicker and melting relatively slowly (about 1 meter per year), the western side is being aggressively eroded by turbulent, warmer circumpolar deep waters.

The sub discovered massive, highly complex, geometric structures sculpted into the ice ceiling. The interplay between the Earth's rotation (the Coriolis effect) and the buoyancy of fresh meltwater causes the ocean to twist into intense underwater vortices. This swirling water acts like a liquid chisel, carving out deep fractures, massive terraces, and thousands of asymmetrical, teardrop-shaped peaks and valleys. Researchers noted that these formations heavily resemble upside-down desert sand dunes, showing just how dynamic these hidden ocean currents truly are.

### Here is how it disappeared
Then came the tragic end to the mission. During a follow-up dive, Ran went back under the Dotson Ice Shelf for another multi-day run. It never came back out. Navigating under an ice shelf is incredibly high-stakes. Because GPS radio waves can't travel through hundreds of feet of solid ice, the sub had to rely entirely on "dead reckoning"—using internal compasses and sensors to track its own movement—along with acoustic transponders.

If a sub encounters an unmapped hazard, gets caught in an unexpected current, or suffers a single software glitch, it's trapped. Without GPS, it can't find its way back to the open ocean. After days of searching with acoustic equipment and helicopters, the environment proved too brutal, and Ran was officially declared lost.

### What is happening now
Even though losing a multi-million dollar piece of equipment is a huge blow, the data Ran transmitted before it vanished has fundamentally changed how we understand ice-ocean interactions. Scientists are already using these 3D maps to rewrite global climate models. As project leader Professor Anna Wåhlin noted, it was better that the sub went out exploring the unknown rather than "gathering dust in a garage."

Fortunately, the necessity of the mission was proven, and a successor is already in the works. Thanks to an insurance payout and a major donation from the Voice of the Ocean Foundation, Kongsberg AS is currently building Ran II. Scheduled for delivery later this winter (2026/2027), it will carry the same advanced sensor payload but feature a heavily upgraded autonomous emergency decision-making system to help it survive the brutal environment that claimed its predecessor.

*** *Sources: University of Gothenburg expedition logs and published findings in glaciology journals.*

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u/Nirmata1243 — 1 day ago
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Before disappearing under Antarctica in 2024, this autonomous sub mapped the underside of the 'Doomsday Glacier' and discovered massive, unexpected ice structures. (Full report below)

**The real story behind the "disappearing Antarctic robot sub" headline**

A lot of people saw this headline and immediately thought of a sci-fi movie or some kind of cover-up. The actual story is pure oceanography, but honestly, it’s just as wild. Here is what actually went down with that submarine, what it found, and why it's a massive deal for climate science.

### So, what exactly is this submarine?
The "robot sub" is actually an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) named Ran, owned by the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. It looks like a giant, 23-foot-long orange torpedo and is packed with millions of dollars worth of advanced sonar and sensors. Scientists took Ran down to West Antarctica to study the Dotson Ice Shelf. This wasn't a random location; Dotson acts as a critical buttress for the massive Thwaites Glacier system—often referred to in the media as the "Doomsday Glacier." Thwaites has the potential to raise global sea levels by several feet if it collapses, and scientists needed hard data on exactly how fast the ocean is eroding the foundational shelves holding it back.

### Here is what they were trying to find out
We know the Antarctic ice sheet is melting and losing mass rapidly, but there's a massive blind spot: it’s melting from the bottom up. Warm ocean currents are traveling deep into the dark cavity underneath the floating ice shelves, eating away at them from below. Because this ice is anywhere from 600 to 1,200 feet thick, it is completely pitch black and physically impossible for humans, ships, or satellites to see what's happening. Until recently, computer models just assumed the under-ice surface was pretty much a flat, smooth ceiling.

To find out for sure, the plan was to send Ran directly into the abyss. It was programmed to dive under the ice shelf, navigate the treacherous, unmapped cavity entirely on its own, and use its multibeam sonar to create the first-ever high-resolution 3D maps of the ice shelf's underbelly. The sheer scale of what Ran accomplished is staggering. During its successful preliminary campaign in 2022, Ran spent a cumulative 27 days operating under the ice. It traveled over 1,000 kilometers in the dark cavity, penetrated up to 17 kilometers (about 11 miles) deep into the subglacial void, and mapped over 54 square miles of hidden, underwater terrain.

### This is what it actually found down there
When scientists finally looked at the maps Ran sent back, they realized their previous assumptions were completely wrong. The underside of the ice wasn't smooth at all—it looked like an alien landscape. The data proved that the ice shelf is not melting evenly. While the eastern side of the shelf is thicker and melting relatively slowly (about 1 meter per year), the western side is being aggressively eroded by turbulent, warmer circumpolar deep waters.

The sub discovered massive, highly complex, geometric structures sculpted into the ice ceiling. The interplay between the Earth's rotation (the Coriolis effect) and the buoyancy of fresh meltwater causes the ocean to twist into intense underwater vortices. This swirling water acts like a liquid chisel, carving out deep fractures, massive terraces, and thousands of asymmetrical, teardrop-shaped peaks and valleys. Researchers noted that these formations heavily resemble upside-down desert sand dunes, showing just how dynamic these hidden ocean currents truly are.

### Here is how it disappeared
Then came the tragic end to the mission. During a follow-up dive, Ran went back under the Dotson Ice Shelf for another multi-day run. It never came back out. Navigating under an ice shelf is incredibly high-stakes. Because GPS radio waves can't travel through hundreds of feet of solid ice, the sub had to rely entirely on "dead reckoning"—using internal compasses and sensors to track its own movement—along with acoustic transponders.

If a sub encounters an unmapped hazard, gets caught in an unexpected current, or suffers a single software glitch, it's trapped. Without GPS, it can't find its way back to the open ocean. After days of searching with acoustic equipment and helicopters, the environment proved too brutal, and Ran was officially declared lost.

### What is happening now
Even though losing a multi-million dollar piece of equipment is a huge blow, the data Ran transmitted before it vanished has fundamentally changed how we understand ice-ocean interactions. Scientists are already using these 3D maps to rewrite global climate models. As project leader Professor Anna Wåhlin noted, it was better that the sub went out exploring the unknown rather than "gathering dust in a garage."

Fortunately, the necessity of the mission was proven, and a successor is already in the works. Thanks to an insurance payout and a major donation from the Voice of the Ocean Foundation, Kongsberg AS is currently building Ran II. Scheduled for delivery later this winter (2026/2027), it will carry the same advanced sensor payload but feature a heavily upgraded autonomous emergency decision-making system to help it survive the brutal environment that claimed its predecessor.

*** *Sources: University of Gothenburg expedition logs and published findings in glaciology journals.*

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u/Nirmata1243 — 1 day ago
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Cartel drone attacks force hundreds of Indigenous families to flee their homes in the middle of the night in Atlixtac, Mexico. Locals are begging for help as the Los Ardillos cartel drops homemade explosives from the sky to steal their land (Translation and more information below)

On-screen text in Spanish: New drone attack in Guerrero, now in Atlixtac, La Montaña region.

Background voice in Spanish: Ask for help.

Main speaker in Me'phaa: No translation available.

Main speaker in Spanish: ...it has been days now... attacking the town...

Main speaker in Spanish: ...they are bombing... with drones...

Main speaker in Spanish: ...and the ones to blame for this are Ernesto Pacheco Bello, and Jacobo Pacheco Bello, and Carlos Pacheco Bello, and César Pacheco. They are the ones guilty for this.

———-

In the La Montaña region of Guerrero, Mexico, specifically in the municipality of Atlixtac and the community of San Pedro Huitzapula, Indigenous communities are facing a severe humanitarian crisis. A local criminal syndicate known as Los Ardillos has laid siege to the area, utilizing a combination of heavy gunfire, arson, and commercially available drones rigged to drop homemade explosives directly onto civilian homes. Residents fleeing the violence have specifically named individuals from the Pacheco Bello family as the orchestrators of these attacks.

The violence is part of a broader, systemic campaign by criminal syndicates to violently seize territorial control. The use of weaponized drones is not an isolated incident but a rapidly growing standard tactic among Mexican criminal groups. While frequently used to overwhelm local community self-defense forces and terrorize civilians into abandoning strategic mountainous and rural areas, cartel drone warfare has also expanded into border states and urban environments, where aerial explosives have targeted municipal police vehicles and government installations like state prosecutor offices.

Because residents have no means to defend themselves against aerial bombardments, this recent wave of attacks has forced between 800 and 1,000 families to abandon their homes, livestock, and livelihoods. Many endured a siege lasting roughly 17 days, hiding in local commissaries or the surrounding mountains before finally fleeing in the dark. Forced displacement due to cartel violence across Mexico has more than doubled in recent years, frequently emptying entire towns.

Despite the presence of military and National Guard units in the region, displaced families and organizations like the Tlachinollan Human Rights Center report a complete lack of state protection. Locals have testified that drone explosives were dropped while military and National Guard patrols were physically present in the area. When residents pleaded for intervention, the forces allegedly stated they did not have enough personnel to engage the cartels, essentially standing by as the bombardments continued. Authorities only promised permanent surveillance after the community had already been forced to abandon their land, leaving these vulnerable populations with no choice but to run for their survival.

u/Nirmata1243 — 2 days ago
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The Race for the Seafloor: China Deploys the "Mengxiang" Megaship for Deep-Ocean Extraction | Journey to the Moho: The 42,000-Tonne Ship Built to Drill 11 Kilometers Beneath the Ocean Floor | China built this to reach the Earth's mantle. Here's why (more below no pun intended)

Commissioned in late 2024, the Mengxiang is China’s first domestically built deep-ocean drilling vessel. It features a 907-tonne top-drive lifting capacity designed to pierce the Mohorovičić discontinuity (the Moho) and retrieve the first-ever direct core samples from the Earth's upper mantle. While its primary mission is geological science, the vessel is also a strategic asset equipped for deep-sea resource extraction, including oil, natural gas, and "flammable ice," marking a major step in the geopolitical race for deep-sea mining

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u/Nirmata1243 — 4 days ago
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Members of France's Extinction Rebellion (XR France) activist group unfurled a Palestinian flag atop the Eiffel Tower on the 78th anniversary of the Nakba, in a symbolic protest against the ongoing war in Gaza and Israeli actions in Palestinian territories.

u/Nirmata1243 — 4 days ago
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Journalist Courtney Bonneau reports from the rubble of Toura, South Lebanon following recent airstrikes (May 2026)

u/Nirmata1243 — 10 days ago
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"No to conscription, against war and rearmament": 50,000 students across Germany walk out of class to protest militarization (translation below)

Chants:
"Conscription? No!"

News Voiceover:
For the third time now, students are taking to the streets. Against war, rearmament, and militarization.
Their core issue: criticism of the new military service law. Since the beginning of the year, young men from the age of 18 have been required to fill out a questionnaire regarding their aptitude for military service. Compulsory mustering [military medical examination] goes into effect starting in July 2027. The military service itself, however, remains voluntary for the time being.
Additional demonstrations took place in Stuttgart, Ulm, and Freiburg, among others, as well as in numerous cities nationwide.

u/Nirmata1243 — 11 days ago
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the stratovolcano Sakurajima, located in Kagoshima Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan experienced a significant eruption on May 8, 2026

u/Nirmata1243 — 11 days ago
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French Presidential Candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon States He Will Pull France Out of NATO (translation below)

Interviewer: Do we leave NATO with Jean-Luc Mélenchon as president?

Jean-Luc Mélenchon: Yes, of course.

Interviewer: So, very quickly.

Jean-Luc Mélenchon: Of course. Well, since NATO serves no purpose, we might as well leave. It only serves one purpose: to put us under North American tutelage. That's it. And frankly, for the French, this is the historical line. I mean, before Mr. Sarkozy, no one had thought of reintegrating into the unified command of NATO.
And then de Gaulle had arranged things so that the tone wouldn't escalate too much, but everyone understood that we were no longer a member of NATO. We made the American bases leave France, the one in Châteauroux and elsewhere.

So, with me as president, as you say, no, we are no longer members of NATO. But we won't act like brutes; we will go step by step. We'll start by exiting the unified command and we'll tell everyone, "We are no longer members of NATO." And I reiterate this: we will distance ourselves from all shared equipment with the American army.

Because when you have North American software even within the French intelligence services, well, you all know that the one who has the decision-making power is the one who holds the software. This is because the law in the United States of America gives this power to the government, even when you have contracted with a private company.

u/Nirmata1243 — 11 days ago
▲ 14 r/humanrights

This video shows a woman pleading for international awareness regarding the ongoing human rights crisis and state-mandated digital blackouts in Iran. The specific incident she is grieving involves the death of a 40-year-old father of two, Hesam Alaeddin (also reported as Aladdin), who was recently killed by state security forces.

According to verified reporting from human rights organizations and independent news outlets (including IranWire and Iran International) in early May 2026

Alaeddin, a relative of the owner of Tehran's prominent Alaeddin Shopping Center, initially had his electronic devices seized at a hospital. He was there to check on his brother, Hamid Alaeddin, who had been shot during recent anti-government protests. When Hesam went to retrieve his devices a week later, he was detained.

Security agents subsequently took Alaeddin to his home in Tehran to conduct a search. During the raid, agents discovered Starlink satellite internet equipment, which he allegedly used to bypass the regime's digital firewall. Reports indicate that after encountering resistance, agents severely beat him with various objects. Alaeddin died on the spot from his injuries.

Authorities initially concealed his death, treating him as if he were still a living detainee, and moved his body to an undisclosed location. His remains were only returned to his family for a highly secured burial on April 29, 2026, and the family was forced to sign a strict commitment promising not to speak to the media.

The Iranian government enforces extreme communications blackouts—a tactic that escalated into near-total internet shutdowns during the mass protests of early 2026—to suppress organization and hide state violence from the global community. The unauthorized use of satellite internet like Starlink is strictly criminalized, carrying severe penalties.

The woman's statements about a recent wave of hangings align with data from international watchdogs. Between mid-March and late April 2026, the state executed at least 22 political prisoners. Many of these individuals were protesters subjected to fast-tracked, secretive trials and forced confessions extracted under torture.

the nationwide protests that began on December 28, 2025, with the deadliest and most concentrated crackdowns occurring in mid-January 2026. During this window, security forces escalated their use of live ammunition against demonstrators across all 31 provinces under a near-total internet blackout.

The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), which is known for strict verification, has confirmed over 7,000 deaths of protesters from the recent massacres.

Due to state cover-ups, mass burials, and internet blackouts, independent medical professionals on the ground and UN human rights experts have estimated the actual death toll is in the tens of thousands, with some hospital network estimates exceeding 30,000.

Note: Getting verified information out of Iran remains highly restricted and dangerous due to government-imposed internet blackouts and harsh retaliation against citizens for communicating with the outside world.

u/Nirmata1243 — 17 days ago
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Ukrainian Drones Strike Two Russian Oil Tankers in the Black Sea Novorossiysk, Russia

Verified footage released by the Ukrainian government shows the final moments before a Ukrainian naval drone struck a Russian oil tanker on May 3, 2026. This attack was part of a larger, coordinated operation that successfully hit two separate vessels.

Carried out jointly by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the Ukrainian Navy, the operation targeted the two ships as they navigated near the entrance to the port of Novorossiysk—a major commercial hub and base for the Russian Black Sea Fleet. Ukrainian officials identified both ships as part of Russia’s “shadow fleet,” a network of tankers utilized to export crude oil while circumventing international sanctions.

The thermal video provides a first-person view from one of the unmanned surface vessels (USVs) as it rapidly maneuvers toward the ship's engine room—clearly identifiable by the bright heat signature on the aft section of the hull—just prior to impact.

By deliberately striking the propulsion systems at the stern rather than the mid-ship cargo holds, the strike was designed to disable the vessels without causing catastrophic oil spills or environmental fallout.

There was a second strike today The lack of an oil spill also extends to a separate, simultaneous attack that happened today. Ukrainian drones struck the massive Primorsk oil-loading port on the Baltic Sea, hitting infrastructure and another tanker. While the strike sparked a major fire, Russian regional Governor Alexander Drozdenko publicly confirmed that the fire was extinguished and that there was no oil spill there, either.

Damage assessments are still ongoing, but for now, it appears the operations successfully disabled the targets without triggering an environmental catastrophe in either the Black Sea or the Baltic Sea.

u/Nirmata1243 — 17 days ago
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Heavy deployments of Mexican Marines (SEMAR) and federal forces have locked down key government sectors in Culiacán this weekend as the political fallout from a massive U.S. Department of Justice indictment shakes the region.

The visible surge of military personnel is a domestically coordinated operation directed by the Mexican federal government. Following unprecedented drug trafficking charges from the U.S., federal forces have mobilized to assert control over the state capital, stabilize the region against potential cartel retaliation (preventing another "Culiacanazo"), and secure government facilities. The deployment is entirely led by Mexican authorities aiming to maintain order and effectively place the area under federal surveillance as the legal and extradition processes are debated in Mexico City.

The U.S. alleges that Rocha Moya and the other officials conspired with the Sinaloa Cartel to import massive quantities of fentanyl, cocaine, heroin, and meth into the United States in exchange for bribes and political protection.

Prosecutors claim that the "Chapitos" (the faction led by the sons of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán) actively helped Rocha Moya win his 2021 election by kidnapping rivals, intimidating opponents, and stealing ballot boxes. In return, the governor allegedly placed cartel-friendly officials in positions of power and directed state police to protect cartel shipments.

While Rocha Moya has vehemently denied the charges—calling them false and a violation of Mexican sovereignty—the political pressure was immediate. Just yesterday (May 1, 2026), he released a video announcing he is temporarily stepping down from his position as governor to "facilitate the actions of Mexican authorities" in the investigation. The mayor of Culiacán, who was also named in the indictment, stepped down as well.

u/Nirmata1243 — 18 days ago