Next week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is planning to host a ceremony in Louisiana to mark the start ...

Mapping the ocean floor By Marc Montgomery | [email protected] Posted: Thursday, June 11, 2015 14:09 Canada, Ireland, and the US joint project A multi-national ocean mapping effort was announced ...

Hand-painted rendition of Heezen-Tharp 1977 ‘World ocean floor’ map, by Heinrich Berann. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, CC BY-ND Marie Tharp, born in 1920, was a geologist and ...

The map now shows almost 20 per cent of the Arctic Ocean floor. The last version, published in 2012, covered only about seven per cent of it. Understanding climate change ...

Well, it turns out, for most of the planet’s surface — the ocean floor, that is — we don’t have very good maps. Researchers announced Friday that they’ve completed a map for just over ...

These underwater mountains affect ocean currents and can create nutrient-rich areas that attract marine life. "We won’t get the full ship-based mapping done by" 2030, Sandwell said.

North America's largest shellfish company showcased some of its advanced ocean-mapping technology Tuesday at an Oceans Week conference in Dartmouth, N.S., illustrating how it is making the industry ...

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

In the early 1950s, Marie Tharp began connecting dots to map the ocean floor, using sonar technology. Sonar detects underwater objects by timing the echo of a soundwave and was originally ...

The push for renewable energy has brought offshore wind power to the forefront of many an energy company's agenda, and that means taking a very close look at the ocean floor where the ...

Competitors for the $7 million Shell Ocean Discovery XPrize will test their technologies at 2,000 and 4,000 m depths to explore 500 sq. km.

A global map of the ocean floor could buoy the economy Researchers have mapped a quarter of it so far. Communications, shipping, mining and climate modeling could benefit.