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Mapping the Seamounts of the Mid-Atlantic From a Drifting Camera

Ocean Life

🇵🇹 Portugal

You cannot protect a seamount nobody has photographed — so an institute on a volcanic island in mid-ocean built a cheap drifting camera and started filming the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

300ksquare kilometresAzores marine protected area network
25percentPortuguese waters under marine protection after the Gorringe process
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