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Ocean Map : how well do we know our seabeds? Better than Mars?

News is an important part of our lives. Few of us start the day with the newspaper while a few choose to catch up the daily bulletins on the TV during evening ours. Many choose to have news apps on their phone which brings them the news almost instantly as it is out. Hello, I am back after a long break (or sabbatical should I say!!) and this blog post is not about the various ways to get the news or habits about the news. This is about one recent news in particular. Most of the news in recent days touched primarily three topics: Covid-19, Demise of a talented actor who’s gone too soon (RIP SSR ☹ ) and the border situation between India and China. While none of these is positive news, there was one news in middle of all this, which drew my attention and awakened the curiosity bug: “ One-fifth of Earth's ocean floor is now mapped. ” Well, what does it really mean? Why do we need to map the ocean floor? Let us dive in to know more details and find these answers. lif