FORECASTING. MUCH OF DESTRUCTION FROM HURRICANES COMES FROM THE STORM SURGE. BUT THAT’S DIFFICULT TO PREDICT. ADVANCEMENTS IN STORM SURGE FORECASTING COULD COME WITH BETTER INFORMATION ABOUT THE OCEAN ...

TOKYO, Japan, January 15, 2022 (ENS) – Much has changed since the early days of oceanic bathymetry, the study of the seafloor, when simple soundings were taken by hand with a rope and weight. Today, ...

A four-year competition to help unravel the mysteries of the deep sea has drawn to a close, with the international team behind a new kind of unmanned surface vessel taking top honors. The Shell Ocean ...

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced in a statement posted on its site recently that it and Fugro have partnered “to accelerate deep ocean mapping [and] ...

Oscar Pizarro is a marine robotics researcher. In Australia he has been part of a research team that maps and monitors the seafloor in the tropical and temperate reefs with autonomous underwater ...

Mapping the entire World Ocean floor is an ambitious effort, specifically considering that 50% is deeper than 3200 m and large parts at high latitudes are permanently covered by sea ice. Systematic ...

Oceans cover three-quarters of the Earth, yet only 20% of the seafloor has yet been mapped. The race to understand these depths could further scientific understanding, but also lead to ...

Scientists have found that oceanic manta rays routinely make extreme dives of more than 1,200 meters – three-quarters of a ...

YET FOR ALL THIS CHARTING AND MAPPING, WE REMAIN VIRTUALLY BLIND TO A VAST MAJORITY OF OUR OWN PLANET. >> MOST OF THE OCEANS HAVE NOT BEEN CHARTED. ANTHONY: AND BY MOST, HE MEANS 85% OF THE OCEAN ...

Squinting against the sunlight, a team of three engineers leaned over from a floating dock on Lake Travis to pull a side panel off a blue-and-orange submersible named Abraham. After removing a ...

As one of our nation’s principal stewards of our ocean, Great Lakes and coastal resources, the Department of the Interior recognizes the interplay between the vitality of our nation’s natural ...