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NASA Scientists Find New Way To Scan Ocean Depths From Space
Satellite data has enabled researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to develop a new way to measure ocean depth. The technique, which uses imagery captured by the Landsat program, works ...
How Satellites Are Mapping the Ocean Floor Without Getting Wet
Landsat satellites have gone beyond observing Earth’s land by enabling new methods to measure ocean depth in shallow coastal ...
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One-fifth of Earth's ocean floor is now mapped
Even small vessels - fishing boats and yachts - can play their ... We need all these individuals to come together if we're to deliver an ocean map that is absolutely fundamental and essential ...
Incredible map shows how big the Pacific Ocean is - enough room for all the world’s land
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of the earth's five oceans. However, not only is it the largest, but it's bigger than all the earth's land mass.
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See Human Impact in an X-Ray of the Ocean
NGM MAPS. Source: “spatial and temporal changes in cumulative human impacts on the world’s ocean,” Ben S. Halpern and others, Nature Communications; UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected ...
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Mapping quest edges past 20% of global ocean floor
The quest to compile the definitive map of Earth's ocean floor has edged a little nearer to completion. Modern measurements of the depth and shape of the seabed now encompass 20.6% of the total ...
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How deep is the ocean?
Ocean depth is divided into zones: littoral, bathyal, abyssal and hadal. The deepest part of the ocean, the hadal zone, is anywhere deeper than six kilometres. What is the average depth of the ocean?