The rapid expansion of China’s ocean exploration offers Beijing valuable military intelligence as it expands its naval reach ...

The SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) satellite, launched in December 2022, has mapped the seabed in just one year. This map, achieved with an 8-kilometer (approximately 5-mile ...

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

We’ve mapped nearly all of Mars’ surface from orbit, yet we know less about Earth’s ocean floor — almost 75% remains unmapped in high resolution. This terrestrial blind spot is driving NJIT ...

Though it had little scientific significance, the stunt infuriated other Arctic nations and kicked the international rush to map out claims to the seabed into high gear. Last month, the United ...

When Seabed 2030 launched in 2017 ... "You get a swathe, almost like a 3D view directly, and that's really what we want to map the ocean with." But the availability of multibeam sonar did not ...