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Of about 30 kilometers the device attached to it sends back data including temperature humidity and air pressure. but the scientists are doing much more than just measuring weather conditions theyre also studying climate change and how it affects the environment and the analyzing the interaction between the ocean and the atmosphere. how do the component parts of the earths ecosystem work together and how are they being altered by global warming its issues task but the research is here at spitzbe...

Worlds living space within which about 95% of our biodiversity lives and thrives. so theres a lot down there for us to explore and discover, and we just havent had the opportunity to live on that frontier long enough to start really digging up those mysteries and being able to get that hugen/ocean connection. >> how far down will you be? >> well, were at three atmospheres, which is pretty -- pretty reasonable. we can still breathe air. three atmospheres is 66 feet. where well be based, but it al...

Work. thats one of the biggest problems in this search. the planes transponder and the a car system that sends back data about the planes health were apparently switched off. >> wouldnt surprise me that in the aftermath of this investigati investigation, a safety recommendation comes from the ntsb in this country, say you just have to put on a tracking system in every airliner that cannot be disabled. >> another piece of technology that could be due for an upgrade, flight data recorders. their b...

Suicide it means he would have had to overcome the other two guys, the co-pilot, or engineer, they were all working together on that. there is information there is a fanatic, we dont know. you have a territory several times the size of the united states. >> the transponder had to be turned off manually. two of them. so then it flew for hours afterwards and had these wild fluctuations in terms of the altitude. remember, the engines are sending back data as to how the engines are functioning. >> i...

>> trying to figure out how long and how far this plane flew before it stopped responding completely. that could be incredibly obviously hard to determine. we want to go to cnns jim clancy who is in kuala lumpur, malaysia. investigators have vastly widened where theyre looking. how is this determined, do you know? >> this was determined by a satellite that reaches out and handshakes, looks for that aircraft, tries to plot where its going to be, one time every hour. now, the acar system that send...

Deliberate act. adding to all of this confusion, reuters now reporting this morning that radar data shows the plane may have been flown intentionally towards the andaman islands. now a u.s. navy destroyer is joining the search, with officials saying there is now a significant likelihood that the plane could be at the bottom of the indian ocean. jim clancy has the very latest for us. he is in kuala lumpur. jim, what do you know? >> reporter: well, there is no doubt whatsoever that about an hour a...

>> it sounds almost crazy that in this day and age you cant find a huge plane like that. >> it does sound crazy, but once again, its a big ocean. i take a look once again air france 447 happened that many years ago in south atlantic. that was very difficult to find. but that airplane was sending back data to its operator giving its latitude and longitude. >> is that radar -- the radar detections coming from the malaysian air force is talking about, is that reliable? >> the malaysians have va dar...

Well talk to him after the break. plus a new government report found that your gps is spying on you beaming back data that some companies are holding for up to seven years.

>> in addition to a hurricane hunter aircraft flying the storm, youd bombard it with dozens of drones dropped over the top of or around the outskirts of the hurricane. theyll be equipped with sensors to measure pressure, temperature, and humidity. data critical to forecasting hurricane strength. sounds great, right? but how come these featherweight flyers wont be obliterated, knocked to pieces? well, guess what, thats kind of how its supposed to work. >> in fact, most of the flight they will tum...

of the biggest lost and found collections in the world. it has been around for 200 years, and we dont know who lost them or where. the next hour of the "cnn newsroom," don lemon starts newsroom," don lemon starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com hello, everyone. don lemon here, and suzanne is off today. this hour in the "cnn newsroom," we are going to focus on exciting new pictures coming back from mars and new details into the investigation of the wisconsin shooter. ...