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A world without oceans. Map shows what it might look like
This allows for the creation of very realistic and interesting maps simultaneously. One of them, showing the world without ...
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
Blues correspond to water depth (deeper is purple ... how sea-levels will rise in different parts of the world, good ocean-floor maps are a must. Much of the data that's been imported into ...
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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 ...
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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Mapping quest edges past 20% of global ocean floor
The quest to compile the definitive map of ... on World Hydrography Day. The achievement to date still leaves, of course, four-fifths of Earth's oceans without a contemporary depth sounding.