NOAA joins worldwide ocean floor mapping effort

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Just a few weeks ago, NOAA decided to formally join Seabed 2030, an initiative launched in 2017 with the goal of having the entire ocean floor mapped by 2030. The initiative's full name is the Nippon Foundation-General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans Seabed 2030 Project.While it may seem irrelevant to us all here on land, discovering the nature of the ocean floor is crucial. Whether it is about the movement tracts of pollution or the sustainability of a given ecosystem, the