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Companion article: "All of Earth’s ocean floors deeper than 500 meters ... could be mapped by GPS-navigated MBES for 200 ship-years of effort (e.g., 40 ships wo
by cmurf 10y ago
Companion article:
"All of Earth’s ocean floors deeper than 500 meters ... could be mapped by GPS-navigated MBES for 200 ship-years of effort (e.g., 40 ships working for 5 years), at a total cost of US$2–3 billion ... "
https://eos.org/opinions/airline-flight-paths-over-the-unmapped-ocean https://eos.org/opinions/airline-flight-paths-over-the-unmap...
- billiam 10y agoThis estimate is a bit out of date, if you look at the swag in the original article from 2001. But it's on the order of what it would cost. Well worth it. We should prioritize this important work.