A fascinating discovery off the coast of Lanzarote, one of the Canary Islands, has unveiled a submerged mountain that may be ...

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

SWOT's groundbreaking observations of the ocean floor offer unprecedented insights into underwater features, crucial for ...

Scientists used a simple principle: underwater features like seamounts and abyssal hills are heavier than the surrounding seabed. Because of this extra mass, they exert a slightly stronger ...

In the fall of 2016, we used the DSV Alvin Submersible to explore the 8°20’N seamount chain in the Pacific Ocean ... of these volcanic constructions to directly test hypotheses for 3D melt generation ...

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.