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 ...

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 ...

We've mapped the Moon more thoroughly than our own ocean floor, but a leap forward has come with NASA's SWOT satellite. Using tiny changes in sea surface height to reveal underwater features, ...

A Japanese researcher says it is likely that an underground mountain beneath Tokyo Bay has been triggering frequent earthquakes in the Kanto region.

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.

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

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

More precise maps created using data from the SWOT mission can enhance underwater navigation and provide deeper insights into the movement of heat and marine life across the world's oceans ...