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Giant ocean waves engulfing tiny boats are the stuff of nightmares—but it turns out rivers also form flood waves that are nothing to sneeze at. That’s according to researchers from Virginia Tech and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), who measured three large flood waves, also called flow waves, in U.S. rivers via satellite data. They claim their approach is the first of its kind, and could inform flood mitigation and warning efforts. While tides and wind drive ocean waves, intense rain or
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Facebook X LinkedIn Pinterest Email Seamount Located off the coast of Ecuador. (Credit: NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program) The ocean floor is a vast scope on our planet that remains largely unexplored. Although oceans cover 71% of Earth, we have clearer pictures of the Moon and Mars than we do of the landscape beneath the waves. But a newly launched satellite mission coined SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) is now giving scientists a much sharper picture of these hidden underwater worl
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is a senior science reporter covering energy and the environment with more than a decade of experience. She is also the host of Hell or High Water: When Disaster Hits Home , a podcast from Vox Media and Audible Originals. The world has a more detailed map of the seafloor than ever before thanks to observations taken from space. NASA published a video this week showing a remarkably clear picture of the bottom of the ocean made possible thanks to new satellite technology. The face of the moon ha
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