Scientists have now made the most comprehensive tally yet of deep-sea exploration — 43,681 dive records dating back to 1958 — and found that humans have directly seen less than 0.001% of the deep ocean floor, an area roughly the size of Rhode Island, l
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📍 Aftermath
Researchers compiled 43,681 dive records dating back to 1958 to determine that humans have directly observed less than 0.001% of the deep ocean floor. This finding highlighted a significant gap in knowledge, noting that less than 30% of the seabed has been mapped. The story quieted without a definitive conclusion in the coverage.
Epilogue added 62d ago, after coverage quieted.
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- Velocity & Diffusion: Coverage escalated across 6 distinct news outlets with 8 published articles, achieving a live velocity of 5.
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"Scientists have now made the most comprehensive tally yet of deep-sea exploration — 43,681 dive records dating back to 1958 — and found that humans have directly seen less than 0.001% of the deep ocean floor, an area roughly the size of Rhode Island, l" is generating significant coverage in the Science category, with 8 articles from 6 distinct sources tracked by Newsylist so far.
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- We have mapped the surface of Mars, the Moon and Venus in sharper detail than the floor of our own ocean, most of which no human instrument has ever seen up close Space Daily · 62d ago broke it first
- The Vessel That Never Sleeps Geo Week News · 62d ago
- In nearly seventy years of deep-sea exploration, researchers compiled 43,681 submersible dive records — and found that humans have visually observed less than 0.001% of the deep seafloor, an area roughly the size of Rhode Island, according to a Science Space Daily · 62d ago broke it first
- Underwater Photography Gallery showcases worldwide creatures great and small keysnews.com · 66d ago
- Here’s Why: The ocean is way deeper than you think WZZM13.com · 66d ago
- From the giant squid to autonomous robots: the push to map Earth’s abyss Futura, le média qui explore le monde · 66d ago
- Less than 30% of Earth’s ocean floor has been mapped while scientists still have clearer high-resolution data of Mars than most of the seabed covering our own planet The Times of India · 66d ago
- Scientists have now made the most comprehensive tally yet of deep-sea exploration — 43,681 dive records dating back to 1958 — and found that humans have directly seen less than 0.001% of the deep ocean floor, an area roughly the size of Rhode Island, l Space Daily · 66d ago broke it first
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