This new mapping capability will help plan routes for undersea communication cables, and even provide insights into tectonic ...

It is often said that humanity has explored outer space more extensively than the depths of the oceans—but a team funded by ...

We've mapped the Moon more thoroughly than our own ocean floor, but a leap forward has come with NASA's SWOT satellite. Using ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Researchers using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) have mapped the geology of the Mona Rift and made some astonishing ...

SWOT satellite data has been used to map the seafloor, revealing 100,000 seamounts, more than double the number previously ...

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

The Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA), located in the Republic of Kiribati in the central Pacific Ocean, is the largest ...