Mapping The Seafloor Is Daunting But Key To Improving Human Life
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- Mon 06 Nov 2023
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- https://www.npr.org/2023/11/06/1198908501/mariana-trench-challenger-deep-ocean-map-tsunami
Scientists have mapped less than 25% of the world's seafloor. Experts say that getting that number up to 100% would improve everything from tsunami warnings to the Internet and renewable energy. That's why there's currently a global effort to create a full, detailed map of the seabed by 2030. Today, we talk to Dawn Wright, a marine geographer and chief scientist at the Environmental Systems Research Institute about this effort.
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