More accurate maps based on data from the SWOT mission can improve underwater navigation and result in greater knowledge of ...

Despite all the deep-sea expeditions and samples taken from the seabed over the past 100 years, humans still know very little ...

A new effort to map the ocean floor funded by the Office of Naval Research uses the magic of mathematics and the power of ...

The effort hopes to discover the remains of Malaysian Flight 370, which vanished from radar in 2014 with 239 people on board.

But for two earthquake researchers, they found whale vocalization reflections could assist in measuring ocean crust structure. Their findings appear today (February 12) in Science. “It’s a nice ...

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It covers nearly three-quarters of our planet but the ocean floor is less mapped than the Moon, an astonishing fact driving a ...

A new technology that will help predict hurricane impacts is coming to St. Pete! A sailboat will map the ocean floor in our area over the next month.

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 ...