Ships using sonar can also map abyssal hills, but it’s a slow and difficult task. To date, ships have only mapped about a quarter of the planet’s ocean floor. SWOT was designed to do much more ...

A new effort to map the ocean floor funded by the Office of Naval Research uses the magic of mathematics and the power of ...

The prehistoric seafloor was found at the East Pacific Rise, a tectonic boundary on the floor of ... of the Pacific Ocean and beyond, with a goal to create a more comprehensive map of ancient ...