For decades, humanity has gazed at the stars, dreaming of Mars and the Moon, while a vast and mysterious frontier has remained largely unexplored right here on Earth—the ocean floor. Despite ...

New high-resolution satellite map reveals nearly 100,000 unknown ocean mountains, or seamounts, boosting climate and maritime research.

In the mid-20th century, when people looked at a map of the world, they saw the familiar continents surrounded by vast, ...

Explorers know that the Earth’s oceans are vast, covering about 71% of the surface of the globe. According to a new study, ...

We know next to nothing about Earth’s seafloors. According to a study published May 7 in Science Advances, humans have only ...

Manage preferences for further information and to change your choices. Hint: it’s less than 1% — a lot less.

Their location at the bottom of the ocean makes these muddy deposits notoriously difficult to map. Furthermore, contemporary sedimentary deposits do not necessarily stem from modern conditions ...

Improved maps of the seafloor are essential to safe navigation, protecting the marine environment and helping us understand Earth’s climate and geological history. Features of the ocean floor ...

Scientists have created a detailed map of the geology beneath Earth's southern hemisphere. They believe an ancient ocean floor may be wrapped around our planet's mysterious core. The new findings ...