Antarctica shock: How ESA exposed 160 million-year-old find ‘hiding underneath ice’
“In this model, the only things the world’s oceans are influenced by are the Earth’s gravity and the rotation of the Earth.
“Since objects with more mass have more gravity, the water of the geoid bunches up in places on Earth where there’s greater mass, giving us a model of the Earth that looks like a misshapen ball.
“Its shape is our map to all the topographical features on Earth, so the mission was really important.
“The geoid lets us better understand ocean currents, sea-level rise and changes in ice, bur it also lets us see inside the Earth.”
Ms Hunsberger explained how the satellite helped give ESA a glimpse 160 million years into the past.
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