The International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean (IBCSO) for the first time shows the detailed topography of the seafloor for the entire area south of 60*S. An article presented to the ...

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?

As part of the ongoing effort, a NASA-supported team recently published one of the most detailed maps yet of the ocean floor, using data from the SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography ...

This shape provides information about the variations in gravity from undersea topography, so altimeter data provide most of the seafloor topography shown in common map programs such as Google Earth.

The world has a more detailed map of the seafloor than ever before thanks ... space agency CNES launched the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite in 2022, we’re starting to ...

Biodiversity is also influenced by seafloor landforms. Having precise information on the topography of the seafloor is therefore indispensable for oceanographic and climate research. Rob Larter ...

Meanwhile, charting the ocean floor has presented its own daunting ... The SWOT satellite, short for Surface Water and Ocean Topography, is a collaboration between NASA and its French counterpart ...

Seafloor topography has been a big concern for militaries patrolling Neptunian frontiers with nuclear submarines and companies facilitating intercontinental communication via subsea cables (SN ...

Deep-sea submersibles have been diving for decades, but records show that we have still only explored a tiny area of the deep ...

Scanning a whole area of the seafloor, then, will give you a depth — or bathymetry — map. In the same way that a topography map shows elevation changes, a bathymetry map shows changes in depth.