New high-resolution satellite map reveals nearly 100,000 unknown ocean mountains, or seamounts, boosting climate and maritime ...

But a newly launched satellite mission coined SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography ... SWOT satellite was a huge jump in our ability to map the seafloor,” said David Sandwell, a geophysicist ...

The map was created using data from the SWOT satellite (Surface Water and Ocean Topography), a joint mission of NASA and the French space agency CNES (Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales).

Their location at the bottom of the ocean makes these muddy deposits notoriously difficult to map. Furthermore ... They ...

was conceived to give a more comprehensive picture of global fresh-water and ocean topography. Launched in December 2022, it combines a new satellite architecture, formed of a 10-metre-long mast ...