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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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A stunning map of the Atlantic Ocean seafloor — and one woman’s pioneering quest to publish it
In the process, however, she had to battle a lot of sexism in a field ... Marie Tharp’s maps of the Atlantic Ocean floor did ...
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Watch this ultra-detailed animation of the seafloor
Ships using sonar can also map abyssal hills, but it’s a slow and difficult task. To date, ships have only mapped about a quarter of the planet’s ocean floor. SWOT was designed to do much more ...
Nasa's SWOT satellite unveils most detailed ocean floor map yet: Watch
More precise maps created using data from the SWOT mission can enhance underwater navigation and provide deeper insights into the movement of heat and marine life across the world's oceans ...
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Scientists discover nearly 100,000 submerged mountains: “There are better maps of the lunar surface than of the Earth’s ocean floor”
Researchers using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) have mapped the geology of the Mona Rift and made some astonishing discoveries. A journalist, soccer fanatic and Shrewsbury Town fan, Will’s ...