NASA's SWOT satellite has revealed unseen ocean depths, mapping seafloor features that shape life, currents and tectonics.

We know more about the Moon’s surface than Earth’s ocean floor — but that’s changing fast. A NASA-supported team used a ...

They don’t just attract sharks; these seamounts draw in over 40 times the number of sharks as the open ocean. With this in mind, studies suggest that these underwater mountains are actually a ...

Seamounts generally form when volcanic mountains ... and other invertebrates. Once these underwater communities are disrupted, it can take hundreds, even thousands, of years for them to ...

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

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

After suspecting the presence of a series of underwater volcanoes near the Cook Islands, researchers have now mapped out the ...

Underwater mountains called seamounts and other ocean floor features like their smaller cousins, abyssal hills, influence the movement of heat and nutrients in the deep sea and can attract life.

Scotland's seas and coasts are home to an amazing range of marine species and habitats, from the sheltered sea lochs to the open waters, from seagrass beds to rocky reefs and underwater seamounts. Not ...

Scotland's seas and coasts are home to an amazing range of marine species and habitats, from the sheltered sea lochs to the open waters, from seagrass beds to rocky reefs and underwater seamounts. Not ...