ZME Science on MSN4d
New NASA satellite mapped the oceans like never before
The ocean floor is a vast scope on our planet that remains largely unexplored. Although oceans cover 71% of Earth, we have ...
The Verge7d
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 Jet Propulsion Laboratory on MSN8d
New Water Satellite Maps Seafloor From Space
Eötvös is the unit of measure for the gravity-based data used to create these maps. More accurate maps of the ocean floor are ...
The Debrief11d
Effort to Map the “Uncharted Expanses” of the Ocean Floor Funded by the Office of Naval Research
A new effort to map the ocean floor funded by the Office of Naval Research uses the magic of mathematics and the power of ...
The Debrief6d
Mapping Ocean Floor Mysteries, NASA’s SWOT Satellite Unveils Earth’s Hidden Terrain Beneath the Waves
NASA and the French space agency CNES's SWOT satellite provides researchers with the tools to create the most accurate ocean maps yet.
The Scientist4y
Whale Song Echoes Help Scientists Map the Ocean Floor
But for two earthquake researchers, they found whale vocalization reflections could assist in measuring ocean crust structure. Their findings appear today (February 12) in Science. “It’s a nice ...
MercoPress2y
After five years of work, new seafloor map of the Southern Ocean covering 48 million sq Km
A new map of the seafloor of the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica provides the most accurate representation ... Features of the ocean floor help determine how water masses and ocean currents ...
Researchers work to map St. Pete's sea-floor with new sailboat technology
A new technology that will help predict hurricane impacts is coming to St. Pete! A sailboat will map the ocean floor in our area over the next month.