Scientists discover nearly 100,000 submerged mountains: “There are better maps of the lunar surface than of the Earth’s ocean floor”
Researchers using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) have mapped the geology of the Mona Rift and made some astonishing ...
The most important part of the ocean you’ve never heard of
The Saya de Malha Bank is one of the world’s largest seagrass fields and the planet’s most important carbon sinks. It faces ...
NASA’s SWOT Satellite Just Revealed Thousands of Hidden Mountains Beneath the Ocean
We know more about the Moon’s surface than Earth’s ocean floor — but that’s changing fast. A NASA-supported team used a ...
Never-before-seen chain of volcanoes discovered hiding on the Pacific seafloor
After suspecting the presence of a series of underwater volcanoes near the Cook Islands, researchers have now mapped out the ...
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Next-generation water satellite maps seafloor from space
As part of the ongoing effort, a NASA-supported team recently published one of the most detailed maps yet of the ocean floor, using data ... that SWOT could see them so well." ...
Greenland Ice Cap is now the largest contributor to global sea level rise — but why?
The melting of the Greenland ice sheet is now the largest contributor to sea level rise, and scientists at UNH are traveling ...
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Elaine Loughlin: Ireland must defend vital undersea cables
We import over 80% of our energy via the sea. And 97% of the world’s internet traffic travels through undersea cables. In an ...
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Deep-Sea Mining Threatens Sea Life In A Way No One Is Thinking About − By Dumping Debris Into The Thriving Midwater Zone
Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it feels like another planet – where creatures glow and life survives under crushing pressure. This ...