The ocean plate was once the seafloor of Neotethys — an ocean that formed when the supercontinent Pangaea broke up into a ...

A collaborative project Seabed 2030 has made significant progress by mapping a new area in the Arctic Ocean. The initiative, ...

Rising mountain peaks and sharp rock formations cover the ocean floor, with corals, sponges, fish, and tons of sea creatures ...

In the 1960s, the U.S. Navy was exploring the other "final frontier" -- the sea. A series of underwater habitats called "Sealabs" were constructed for scientific exploration on the ocean floor.

ESA's Swarm mission, utilizing the faint magnetic signals generated by Earth's ocean tides, offers groundbreaking insights into undersea magma distribution and potential changes in global ocean ...

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Some areas, mostly near coastlines, are already being designated accordingly, but this should be expanded to include areas of the ocean floor that are currently ignored, such as carbon-intense “hot ...

Now, up on the 17th floor of the skyscraper at One Financial ... “And I hope that whoever it is, whatever background they come from, appreciates the talent and skill and dedication of the ...

In the early 1950s, Marie Tharp began connecting dots to map the ocean floor, using sonar technology. Sonar detects underwater objects by timing the echo of a soundwave and was originally ...

Traces like these—signs of the ancient coastline, including rings, submerged caves, and other mysterious structures—may be hidden all around the ocean floor. They are places for studying how ...

The first feature-length film produced by the iconic king of pop cinema, Roger Corman, Monster From the Ocean Floor, inspired by a Los Angeles Times story Corman read about a one-man submarine ...

While the area is still dealing with the Palisades Fire in the short term, the long-term impacts will also be sharp and numerous, particularly to local ocean health. Due to the fires raging across ...