The bottom of the ocean is dark, mysterious, and vast—nearly all of it unmapped. Today, however, scientists reveal the clearest map of the ocean floor ever.They didn’t explore the ocean floor.

Researchers are using a 3D map of the ocean to get a detailed understanding of life beneath the surface, ... For example, the map reveals how in some areas of the Pacific Ocean, ...

The bottom of the ocean is a mysterious place. We probably know the surface of Mars better than areas in the Atlantic and the Pacific. But we now have our best look at the seafloor yet, thanks to ...

Deep beneath the Pacific Ocean, most of the remnants of a 2 million square foot lost continent known as Zealandia have fascinated scientists since 2017. Now, researchers from GNS Science in New Zea… ...

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 ...

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.

It is estimated that only 5-15 percent of the ocean floor has been mapped through sonar technology. Since sonar can only reveal the detailed ridges and trenches beneath the sea when ships pass ...

Global ocean map could increase safety, ... detailed map of the seabed by 2030. ... Challenger Deep is in the Pacific Ocean inside of the Marina Trench.

Highly detailed maps of New Zealand’s seabed are now freely available on ... However charts of the southwest Pacific Ocean did not appear until about 1895 with the publication of results ...