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

(Credit: Martin Solan) Sediment-profile image of seafloor sediments that have been burrowed and churned by animals. (Credit: Martin Solan) A new scientific model is giving researchers an unprecedented ...

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NASA's advanced seafloor mapping technology has revealed what is hidden beneath Earth's oceans. The findings offer an insight into how underwater navigation can be improved. The data comes from ...

A new review of ocean data suggests that more than 99.999 percent of the global deep seafloor has never been seen by humans. But what does that really mean? “In scientific papers, some people ...

Direct evidence of animal life beneath the seafloor would require more heavy lifting — literally. “We kind of needed to be creative and apply basically a new method,” Gollner said.

University of Maryland researchers have found intriguing new evidence of ancient seafloor deep beneath the Earth's surface. This discovery, made with seismic waves, suggests a complex and layered ...

And tube worms were observed living several centimeters deep within the cracks of the seafloor near vents, but the study team wasn’t sure how tiny tube worm larvae, less than 0.04 inch (1 ...