COSEE Ocean Systems: News
Malaysia Airlines MH370: Searching in an ocean of uncertainty
Description: The search for MH370 has illustrated once again just how poor are our maps of the ocean floor. The oceans are vast and only a small fraction of the seafloor has so far been described in detail. Most ocean maps are derived from satellite altimeter measurements. Satellites infer ocean-floor features from the shape of the sea surface. They detect surface height anomalies driven by variations in local gravity. [Source: BBC News]
URL: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-26956798
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Source: BBC News
Publish Date: 4/9/2014
Reading Level: Basic
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