The Southern Ocean as never seen before A new map shows the seabed of the Southern Ocean in unprecedented detail Date: June 8, 2022 Source: Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and ...

Scientists have made the most precise map yet of the mountains, canyons and plains that make up the floor of Antarctica's encircling Southern Ocean. Covering 48 million sq km (18.5 million sq ...

c, Map of the Southern Ocean. The bold yellow line indicates the 30° W line for which the vertical section is shown in d . d , p CO 2 along the 30° W section under RCP 8.5 at year 2100.

The National Geographic Society - which has been releasing maps of the world since 1915 - announced their acknowledgement of the Southern Ocean yesterday on World Ocean Day .

The new ocean extends in a ring from Antarctica's coastline to 60 degrees south latitude, according to National Geographic, and differentiates from other oceans in its designation by current, not ...

Although there is a large acceptance of the unique Southern Ocean around Antarctica, that recognition has not been globally adopted. The waters surrounding Antarctica are unique enough for many ...

The new map covers all the Southern Ocean floor poleward of 50 degrees South. If you divide its 48 million sq km into 500m grid squares, 23% of these cells now have at least one modern depth ...