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Only One-Fifth of the Ocean Floor is Mapped

Ship used for ocean floor mapping

A new milestone was reached late June; one-fifth of the ocean floor is now mapped. When the Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project started back in 2017 only 6% of the ocean floor had been mapped. Their goal is to complete the first map of the entire seafloor. While the team can celebrate one-fifth of the seabed being mapped that means […]

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Alex Camerino | July 3, 2020
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Brain Post: Research Shows Why Sonar Has Lead to Mass Whale Strandings

Beached Beak Whale The Royal Society has just published a new paper diving into why naval sonar has increased mass strandings since the ’60s. In the ’60s mid-frequency active sonar (MFAS) was used by the Navy to detect other subs and that disturbed much marine life because of the intensity of the sound. From then to the early 2000’s more and […]

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Dan Scheibelein | April 11, 2020
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