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New NASA Satellite Shines Light Into the Darkness of the Ocean Floor Like Never Before
We’ve only mapped about 25 percent of the sea floor, but a recent push by NASA’s Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite to shine a light into that darkness has been illuminating ...
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Satellite Gives Ultra-Detailed Glimpse of Sea Floor
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) program is a joint venture between NASA and space agencies from France, Canada, and the UK. NASA launched the satellite in late 2022. SWOT uses "phase ...
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Nasa's Swot satellite will survey millions of rivers and lakes
The American space agency Nasa has launched a satellite that's expected to transform our view of water on Earth. The Swot mission will map the precise height of rivers, reservoirs and lakes ...
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NASA makes first-of-its-kind discovery in the ocean floor: It’s like life-hunting in other planets
Although we have only mapped around 25% of the sea bottom, NASA’s Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite has recently made a significant effort to shed light on that area, and it has been ...
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Satellites map Earth's ocean floors in unprecedented detail
A new satellite has mapped Earth's ocean floors in unprecedented detail, a new study reveals. . The first year of measurements from NASA's Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite ...
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Water Mission
The SWOT satellite, a joint NASA-CNES mission, has provided new insights into the Ohio River Basin’s lakes, reservoirs, and water movement. Observations show water level changes between 1,600 ...