Lost for more than 80 years, the severed bow of the legendary USS New Orleans—torn away by a torpedo in one of World War II's fiercest battles—has finally been discovered deep beneath the Pacific, CBS ...

An ultra-detailed map of the ocean floor uses gravity-based data collected by satellite. NASA and CNES launched the satellite to survey Earth’s surface water.

In the 1950s, geologist Marie Tharp turned depth measurements into detailed maps of the ocean floor. It led to her discovery of the Mid-Atlantic rift.

"We discovered that the ocean floor has become a resting place, or reservoir, for most plastic pollution, with between 3 to 11 million tonnes of plastic estimated to be sinking to the ocean floor.

Scientists Create One of the Most Detailed Maps of the Ocean Floor, Find Close to 100,000 Submerged Mountains For decades, humanity has gazed at the stars, dreaming of Mars and the Moon, while a ...

According to a new study, just 0.001% of the deep seafloor has been visually observed.

Similar openings on the sea floor were first spotted 18 years ago along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Their origins remain unknown. Scientists are asking the public for their thoughts.

A Harvard University professor just concluded a two-week project dredging the Pacific Ocean in search of the remains of the first confirmed interstellar object to fall to Earth ...

Well, it turns out, for most of the planet’s surface — the ocean floor, that is — we don’t have very good maps. Researchers announced Friday that they’ve completed a map for just over ...

The crew of the E/V Nautilus has already spotted whale corpses, octopus gardens, and the wreckage of German submarines sitting on the ocean floor. There’s much more to see.

Planet Earth Rivers & Oceans Every 2.4 million years, Mars tugs on Earth so hard it changes the ocean floor News By Emily Cooke published 12 March 2024 ...