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Ocean mission delivers first maps
Less than a month after it was put in orbit, the ocean-mapper Jason-2 has returned its first pictures to Earth. From an altitude of more than 1,300km, the spacecraft is now feeding back data covering nearly the entire globe.
Jason-2 is set to become the primary means of measuring the shape of the world’s oceans, [...]
Sub to make deep Caribbean dive
Scientists are set to explore the world’s deepest undersea volcanoes, which lie 6km down in the Caribbean. Delving into uncharted waters to hunt for volcanic vents will be Autosub6000, Britain’s new autonomously controlled, robot submarine.
Once found, the life, gas and sediment around the vents – the world’s hottest – will be sampled and catalogued. [...]
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