Ship-based sonar has a resolution of about 200–400 meters (650–1,300 feet). The Seabed 2030 project aims to map the entire ocean floor by the end of the decade using this method. However, the ...

Using satellite altimetry data from SWOT, scientists have created a global map of marine gravity, uncovering thousands of new seamounts. (Eötvös is a unit that measures the ocean’s vertical ...

An international team of scientists set sail on the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s Falkor (too) research vessel in September to ...

Most seafloor map images are derived from satellite altimetry, which measures height variations of the ocean's surface. Scientists use this information to make inferences about seafloor features ...

Two thieves donned diving gear to pilfer hundreds of ancient Greek and Roman artifacts ... has a criminal record — scoured the Abu Qir Bay seafloor not far from Alexandria on the shores of ...

In a brazen heist off the coast of Egypt, two thieves dressed in diving gear plundered hundreds of ancient Greek and Roman artifacts from the seafloor, near Alexandria, in the Mediterranean’s Abu Qir ...

“Back in 2017, I was leading a geological working group on board our research ice-breaker Polarstern, where we first deployed a special seafloor ... samples from the ancient rock layer they ...

Ever since the discovery of methane on Mars, scientists have wondered if the Red Planet might harbor life. Now, researchers ...

The study also revealed contrasts in how emotions were felt in ancient and modern times. Cognitive neuroscientist Juha Lahnakoski of Aalto University noted that Mesopotamian happiness maps are largely ...