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Scientists Create One of the Most Detailed Maps of the Ocean Floor, Find Close to 100,000 Submerged Mountains
This new mapping capability will help plan routes for undersea communication cables, and even provide insights into tectonic ...
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Watch this ultra-detailed animation of the seafloor
A NASA and CNES satellite lets scientists see the ocean floor in new ways ... space agency CNES launched the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite in 2022, we’re starting to ...
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Scientists Uncover 100,000 Submerged Mountains Beneath the Ocean Floor in Breakthrough Map
with only about 25% of the ocean floor being mapped through sonar technology aboard ships. However, the SWOT (Surface Water ...
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Next-generation water satellite maps seafloor from space
More accurate maps based on data from the SWOT mission can improve underwater navigation and result in greater knowledge of how heat and life move around the world's oceans. There are better maps ...
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Great Global Rift is discovered
This expedition was the first use of closely spaced echo sounders to map deep sea topography and the first to reveal the extent of the sea floor's rugged ... called the Mid-Ocean Ridge.