why the study of ocean floor useful to man
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To study past climate change for environmental prediction.To understand the impact of benthic habitat on fisheries and other biological communities.To study offshore pollution patterns and mechanisms to help sustain healthy coasts.To find sources of dredged material for beach replenishment.To evaluate the impacts of proposed offshore waste disposal.To learn about and estimate the impacts of events such as gas hydrate releases related to slope stability.To locate strategic offshore mineral resources.To determine sites for seabed communications cables, drilling platforms, and other structures.To provide groundtruth values for remotely sensed/satellite data, helping refine new techniques for environmental assessment and prediction.To learn more about how the Earth and its environmental systems function.
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