Marie Tharp pioneered mapping the bottom of the ocean 6 decades ago – scientists are still learning about Earth’s last frontier
Despite all the deep-sea expeditions and samples taken from the seabed over the past 100 years, humans still know very little ...
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See Human Impact in an X-Ray of the Ocean
Such a map is rare. The vastness and depth of the ocean make it notoriously difficult to study. But in 2008 a team of researchers used satellite images and modeling software to make a complete ...
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After five years of work, new seafloor map of the Southern Ocean covering 48 million sq Km
The International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean (IBSCO ... 23% of these cells now have at least one modern depth measurement. The map was drawn by compiling measurements taken by ...