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Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City has announced a $14 million expansion of The Cove, one of its gaming areas. The project adds space to the property's casino floor as competition among Atlantic City resorts continues. Details on timelines and amenities have not yet been released.
- 2NASA's SWOT Mission Maps 100,000 Underwater Mountains From Space●Mapping 100,000 Underwater Mountains From Space: Inside NASA’s SWOT Ocean Mission
NASA's SWOT satellite mission is being credited with mapping roughly 100,000 previously uncharted underwater mountains, or seamounts, by measuring tiny variations in ocean surface height from orbit. The findings give scientists a far more detailed picture of the ocean floor, with implications for navigation, deep-sea research and understanding ocean currents and heat distribution.