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

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

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

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 ...

The underwater environment is an unforgiving ... and risk management could have prevented the incident." Uncharted seamounts further prove that accurate charts are just as vital as the various ...

Learn more about ocean life in Sea of Hope: America’s Underwater Treasures ... the 4,913-square-mile Northeast Canyons and Seamounts, 130 miles southeast of Cape Cod. Conservationists had ...

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

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

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 ...