As a result scientists have underestimated how much sea levels are rising by.
The sea floor is sinking.
Seafloor spreading theory that oceanic crust forms along submarine mountain zones and spreads out laterally away from them.
This map shows gravity anomalies in the western indian ocean.
This can disguise the actual rise of sea levels in many parts of the planet and actually cover up.
Such zones would include the.
This idea played a pivotal role in the development of the theory of plate tectonics which revolutionized geologic thought during the last quarter of the 20th century.
Satellite data enables scientists to map the seafloor which is sinking under the weight of rising seas.
The results show that the ocean is changing in ways we didn t realize and is sinking further into the earth s crust.
A sinking floor is usually a sign that the floor has begun to rot out from the underside meaning the joists or other elements of the subfloor have failed.
Researchers propose a new more accurate method instead.
The ocean floor is sinking under the weight of climate change and calculations to determine sea level rise don t take that fact into equation.
The enormous mass that gets added to the ocean is causing the sea floor to warp sink and deform.