How Robots Solved a 280,000-Year Seafloor Mystery Hidden Beneath Big Sur

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Seafloor Bathymetry at the Sur Pockmark Field Offshore of Central CaliforniaResearchers studying massive seafloor depressions off the Central California coast discovered that these pockmarks, once thought to be signs of methane eruptions, are actually sustained by ancient, powerful sediment flows. This surprising finding upends previous assumptions and provides crucial guidance for safe offshore wind farm development. Ancient Seafloor Pockmarks Extensive research from the Monterey Bay [...]
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