It is often said that humanity has explored outer space more extensively than the depths of the oceans—but a team funded by ...

The data helped the team further refine maps of tectonic boundaries and ocean currents near coastal areas. "We're very interested in [continental margins] because the ocean currents and tides will ...

From the Atlantic to the Pacific, beachgoers are being warned to stay out of the water as a surge of hazardous ocean ...

In a revolutionary advancement in oceanography, scientists have created one of the most detailed maps of the ocean floor to ...

SWOT satellite data has been used to map the seafloor, revealing 100,000 seamounts, more than double the number previously ...

We've mapped the Moon more thoroughly than our own ocean floor, but a leap forward has come with NASA's SWOT satellite. Using tiny changes in sea surface height to reveal underwater features, ...

A new effort using data from a NASA-led satellite is helping to change that, providing one of the most detailed maps of the bottom ... mountains affect ocean currents and can create nutrient ...

The Southern Ocean, which circles the ... of all the world's rivers combined. Detailed research is being carried out on how the Eastern Australian current is affecting the sea near Tasmania.

To get an idea of how detailed the map is, if you divide the map into ... Features of the ocean floor help determine how water masses and ocean currents move and how the affect are climate.