Oceanographers explored an area around the Pacific Ocean’s Nazca Ridge and found a massive underwater mountain. Using a sonar system, the researchers digitally mapped the seafloor of the area ...

Experts have been working on mapping the ocean floor with traditional methods, sending ships across the water with sonar ...

Then we are untied, drifting, a tiny dot on the immense Pacific Ocean. Pilot Avi Klapfer floods ... Seamounts generally form when volcanic mountains rise up from the seafloor but fail to reach ...

The ocean floor is a vast scope on our planet that remains largely unexplored. Although oceans cover 71% of Earth, we have ...

It's an underwater chain of mountains 47,000 miles long. The chain runs down the middle of the Atlantic Ocean (surfacing at Iceland), around Africa, through the Indian Ocean, between Australia and ...

More precise maps created using data from the SWOT mission can enhance underwater navigation and provide deeper insights into ...

The search will involve a new fleet of underwater robots that can operate independently at depths of up to 6,000 metres for ...

Accurate seafloor maps are also important for an improved understanding of deep-sea currents and tides, which affect life in ...

NASA and the French space agency CNES's SWOT satellite provides researchers with the tools to create the most accurate ocean maps yet.

These types of collisions can also lead to underwater volcanoes that ... ocean ridge system connects the world's oceans, making the ridge the longest mountain range in the world.

The divers also discovered patterns of underwater sea life behaviour and several new species. Today all that remains of Conshelf II is the garage for the submarine, some shark cages and a tool shed.