Fiscal Year 2027 Administration R&D Budget Priorities and Cross-Cutting Actions

MIT Lincoln Laboratory hauled a sharper geophone onto drifting Arctic ice to sort whale song from ship hum

Their 2024 recordings caught beluga whistles, engine hum and cracking ice all at once, and telling those apart needs data on how sound moves through ice, which is why a blizzard-shortened field season costs more than a trip.