The new deep-sea atlas underscores Beijing’s interest in ocean mining, its military ambitions and its claims to disputed ...

The race for deep-sea dominance has intensified as China and Japan move to secure ...

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] ...

Scientists have developed GOFLOW, a deep learning method that uses thermal imagery from geostationary weather satellites to produce hourly, high-detail maps of ocean surface currents. The system ...

We know next to nothing about 99.999 percent of the seafloor. How one researcher plans to democratize deep-sea exploration. Katy Croff Bell, who has been an ocean researcher for 25 years, is working ...

To celebrate World Ocean Day 2026, the National Maritime Museum is publishing a new illustrated book, The Ocean Map, and ...

An international team of scientists has moved beyond just 'scratching the surface,' to understand how microplastics move through and impact the global ocean. For the first time, scientists have mapped ...

When we dream of landscapes, we might imagine rolling valleys or rugged mountains. But there is a whole landscape hidden from human view: the secret world of the seafloor. Half of Earth’s oceans are ...

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) from the University of Sydney will be taking a deep dive in the oceans surrounding Norfolk Island to collect high-resolution seafloor images. The images will then ...

Bizarre creatures like vampire squid and blobfish make their home in the dark, cold, depths of the deep sea, but most of this watery realm remains a complete mystery. That's because humans have seen ...