Chinese scientists found giant ‘chimneys’ in deep water that could alter submarine warfare

AI Summary

Chinese researchers mapped underwater conduits, dubbed “inertial chimneys,” that carry energy from surface wind surges thousands of metres down to the seabed. The team says the findings, based on sensor data collected off Japan, could support underwater detection and communication and have implications for submarine warfare.

Chinese researchers have mapped how energy from surface wind surges thousands of metres into the seabed, revealing massive underwater conduits they called “inertial chimneys”. The discovery, based on data collected by a US-funded ocean sensor array off the east coast of Japan, coupled with future long-term underwater monitoring, can provide underwater acoustic environmental support for marine detection and communication, the team said. The scientists from the Institute of Oceanology of the...