Lowe retrieves an incoming drone as his Shark Lab team from Cal State Long Beach work on a study of the animals in Del Mar, California, US. — Reuters
DEL MAR, California: Scientists are using drones and other technology to study great white sharks along the coast of Southern California to better understand interactions between these marine predators and people and assess the risks to human beachgoers.
The two-year study by the Shark Lab at California State University deploys drones for aerial surveillance of the sharks and uses underwater robots, while the scientists also tag some sharks using a spear that fits the animals with a transmitter to track their movements.
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Lowe retrieves an incoming drone as his Shark Lab team from Cal State Long Beach work on a study of the animals in Del Mar, California, US. — Reuters
A marine biologist is sped along the water by a Del Mar lifeguard boat as he works to tag sharks spotted by an overhead drone, working with a team of marine biologists from Cal State Long Beach Shark Lab on their shark study in Del Mar, California, US. — Reuters
Marine biologists from from Cal State Long Beach Shark Lab fly a drone as they prepare to head out into the water to tag sharks during work on their shark study in Del Mar, California, US. — Reuters
Lowe (left) and marine biologist Jack May III keep watch as Rex flies a drone over the ocean looking for sharks as their Shark Lab team from Cal State Long Beach work on a study of the animals in Del Mar, California, US. — Reuters
Marine biologists keep watch as fellow biologist Rex flies a drone over the ocean looking for sharks as the masters students from Cal State Long Beach Shark Lab work on their shark study in Del Mar, California, US. — Reuters
A juvenile white shark is tracked with a drone by California State University Long Beach Shark Lab graduate student, Patrick Rex, during tagging operations along the coast of Carpinteria, California, US. — Shark Lab/Handout via Reuters
Lowe (right) and Rex flying a drone over the ocean looking for sharks as their Shark Lab team from Cal State Long Beach work on a study of the animals in Del Mar, California, US. — Reuters
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