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NASA's SWOT Mission Maps 100,000 Underwater Mountains From Space
Original: Mapping 100,000 Underwater Mountains From Space: Inside NASA’s SWOT Ocean Mission
NASA's SWOT satellite mission is being credited with mapping roughly 100,000 previously uncharted underwater mountains, or seamounts, from orbit. By measuring subtle variations in the ocean surface caused by the gravity of undersea peaks, the mission is giving scientists a far more detailed picture of the ocean floor than ship surveys ever managed, with implications for navigation, ocean circulation research and understanding deep-sea ecosystems.
Why now: New findings from the SWOT mission reveal how satellite technology is dramatically expanding knowledge of the hidden ocean floor.
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