multicolored rock and sediment drilled from the seafloor beneath our ship. In the winter of 2022, I spent two months cruising the south Aegean Sea on board the International Ocean Discovery ...

Accurate seafloor maps are also important for an improved understanding of deep-sea currents and tides, which affect life in the abyss, as well as geologic processes like plate tectonics.

A new review of ocean data suggests that more than 99.999 percent of the global deep seafloor has never been seen by humans. But what does that really mean?

seafloor maps. Another survey method is satellite altimetry, which infers seafloor topography from satellite measurements of deviations in the sea surface. This provides global coverage ...

A NASA and CNES satellite lets scientists see the ocean floor ... the sea. In the video, regions colored green are higher relative to purple-colored regions. Ships using sonar can also map abyssal ...

Meanwhile, charting the ocean floor ... Maps help ships navigate around safety hazards and guide engineers in laying underwater communication cables. They also play a role in studying deep-sea ...

Slowly but surely the proportion of the global ocean floor that's been properly mapped ... This knowledge is needed for a host of reasons. Sea maps are essential for safe navigation, obviously ...

Bizarre creatures like vampire squid and blobfish make their home in the dark, cold, depths of the deep sea ... Maps created with tools like sonar can show the shape of the seafloor, but it's ...

After reviewing the footage, researchers were surprised to learn the sea lions visited six distinct seafloor habitats. The scientists used this habitat data to build a computer model that can ...