We Need Better Maps of Our Oceans

This channel needs more views, the production is amazing

Other reasons for mapping the ocean bed: Where currents go, in particular the difference between a current on the sea bed sticking to the sea bed and leaving the sea bed depends crucially on small details of the geometry. A sharp ridge on the sea bed may well cause the current to leave the sea bed and go off (upwards) in a different direction. Where the currents go, the heat goes. The oceans are a massive convector of heat around the planet. Ergo, understanding the geometry of the sea bed is crucial to understanding the resulting thermal dynamics of the sea and atmosphere. This would lead to understanding the world's temperature behaviour which is a crucial topic. Scanning the sea bed will also find lots of shipwrecks. Some would be for historical interest (results of sea battles in various wars). Some would inform our understanding of why ships sink - there are freak waves which are not necessarily understood. Some ships disappear without trace, and finding them would: (a) inform the relatives of the dead; (b) give some information to the insurance companies, e.g. Lloyds of London, a massive shipping insurer; (c) possibly inform ship design (in that "freak waves" might be more common than we currently think) therefore improving the safety of shipping. Let's not forget missing aircraft.

Let's take a moment to thank and be grateful for people like Neo for giving us such informative and well made content like this for free.

80% of the ocean is unexplored* People: "Oh that means megalodon/some impossibly huge monstrosity is hiding down there!"

I subscribed to neo a long time ago because of its insanely amazing cartography and graphics to explain current world topics. This topic of this video is different from what neo usually does. It goes into a deep complexity of oceanography and cartography (reminds me of my uni classes!) While I didn't persue a career in cartography, I wish this video can persuade someone to do so :D (and donate to the cause, of course!)

Reminds me of messages in a bottle. I remember hearing stories about people finding them thousands of miles away and decades after they were cast in the ocean.

I swear if any other channel made this I would struggle to be fully engaged, but with your skilled writing, editing, pacing and delivery make it so easy and enjoyable to stay tuned in! Keep it up!

I love your videos, but i think you should create a sources document, similar to how kurzgesagt does

Incredible video, project, and information. Thanks so much for making this! 🌊

One of those gaps probably has Rapture hiding in it.

As amazing as the project is, I still think Mark Rober & Mr Beast should make it clear that even 30 Million pounds of trash is nothing compared to the actual scale. A survey shows that 17 Billion Pounds of trash end up in the oceans every year (500 times more than what they will remove). So besides encouraging people to donate to team seas, they should also encourage them not to stop there.

I see Neo's vid, i watch it ASAP

I always thought the criss cross lines on Google maps were meant to obscure the data. Why mess things up with an in complete dataset? There should be a way to remove that layer and revert to the low res bathymetry, which btw reveals much about the Earth's recent history.

This is really well made! Storyarch, intend and sense is so well communicates. Bravo 👏🏼

0:55 crazy how the unmapped parts are where Atlantis was rumored to exist.

I love your videos and your narration! Such great quality! Thank you!!

I love and respect that you actually created an indepth video about an interesting topic for this fundraiser. Your channel never disappoints with its great and fresh content.

Incredibly important video, this. Great work neo.

I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Ya know, I watch some other content creators that do research / have passion on par with this channel, and I've noticed that I finish watching this channels videos feeling better than I did before. I'm not more worried or scared, I'm inspired.

Very well-made, amazing content!