Tag: marine discoveries

Rewriting the Map: New Undersea Mountains Transform Ocean Currents

Rewriting the Map: New Undersea Mountains Transform Ocean Currents

Suppose a range of mountains nearly as lofty as the Alps, to be found away at the bottom of the ocean, where no sign of it ever showed itself in print, till lately. Earlier this year alone, mapping the world ocean disclosed over 19,000 previously uncharted under-sea mountains, or seamounts, thus radically transforming our knowledge […]