A new scientific model is giving researchers an unprecedented, global look at the activities of clams, worms, and other invertebrate animals that burrow at the bottom of the ocean. And what they find ...

NOAA is mapping Bay seafloor for the first time in decades, using sonar to chart hazards and update nautical charts for safe ...

Benthic habitat mapping and seafloor classification are pivotal to advancing our understanding of marine ecosystems and informing sustainable management practices. These processes, which rely heavily ...

Scientists have mapped less than 25% of the world's seafloor. Experts say that getting that number up to 100% would improve everything from... Why mapping the entire seafloor is a daunting task, but ...

The nearly 123-foot NOAA ship Ferdinand R. Hassler, out of New Castle, New Hampshire, is using advanced multibeam bathymetric ...

The deep-sea remains one of the most unexplored regions on Earth, due in large part to the immense challenges posed by its depth and vastness. Yet, the recent advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI) ...

A Pacific seafloor mapping project has located a mountain “twice as high as the Burj Khalifa” in Dubai, which is the world’s tallest building, according to the Schmidt Ocean Institute. The ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have devised a new map of the Earth's seafloor using satellite data, revealing massive underwater scars and thousands of previously uncharted sea mountains residing ...

An international scientific team recently published a new map of the ocean floor based on Earth’s gravity field, and it is a particularly useful tool. Such seafloor maps can aid submariners and ship ...

Seafloor mapping by the Schmidt Ocean Institute has revealed an underwater mountain twice as high as the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the world’s tallest building, off Guatemala. Schmidt Ocean Institute ...