The Arctic Ocean floor just got a little less mysterious. A team of international researchers has compiled the most detailed map of the Arctic seabed to date. It was published earlier this month ...

The ocean covers over 70 per cent of the Earth’s surface, yet we understand little about its geological structures. Less than 10 per cent of the ocean floor has been adequately mapped — leaving ...

In the past, scientists relied on sonar-equipped ships to map underwater terrain, but this method was slow and expensive. With just 25% of the ocean floor mapped this way, a full picture was far ...

The map, compiled using high-resolution data from the SWOT satellite, has revealed the existence of nearly 100,000 submerged mountains, called seamounts, scattered across the ocean floor.

Scientists have just published the most detailed map of Antartica's seafloor revealing ultra-deep canyons reaching up to ...

But there was still around 293 million square kilometers of ocean floor to map, he added Author of the article: You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an ...

Footage captured by sea lions wearing lightweight video cameras is giving researchers a glimpse of previously unexplored areas of the sea floor off the south coast of Australia. The findings ...

The sea lions' trackers enabled scientists to place different habitat types on an ocean map. Credit: Angelakis et al, Frontiers in Marine Science/DOI 10.3389/fmars.2024.1425554 ...

In the remainder of its planned three-year science mission, SWOT will continue to collect data on ocean currents, map the ocean floor and assess global freshwater availability throughout the year.