"Deep Sea Lab: Remote Operations at 2.5 km Below Surface"

Europe's first remotely operated underwater laboratory, the Laboratoire Sous-marin Provence Méditerranée (LSPM), is being set up off the coast of Toulon at a depth of 2,450 meters. The lab will study neutrino detection, marine science, and seismology, among other things. The ORCA section of the Kilometer Cube Neutrino Telescope (KM3NeT) will be powered by the lab's junction boxes, which are connected to a power system on land via a 42-kilometer-long electro-optical cable. The lab's other devices, including a robot called BathyBot, are expected to be operational by this summer.