but her work is really about seafloor spreading, which occurs at the mid-ocean ridges that she was the first to map,” says ...

A new review of ocean data suggests that more than 99.999 percent of the global deep seafloor has never been seen by humans.

New high-resolution satellite map reveals nearly 100,000 unknown ocean mountains, or seamounts, boosting climate and maritime ...

To produce a global picture of the seafloor, researchers have relied on satellite data. More accurate maps of the ocean floor are crucial for a range of seafaring activities, including navigation ...

Human eyes have only seen a tiny, tiny, tiny fraction of the areas of the world that are covered by deep water. Scientists ...

According to a new study, just 0.001% of the deep seafloor has been visually observed. The deep ocean seafloor is defined as depths of 200 meters or more below Earth’s surface, where oxygen ...

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The digital bathymetric model of IBCSO Version 2 has a 500m x 500m resolution based on a polar stereographic projection (EPSG: 9354) for the area south of 50°S. I A new map of the seafloor of the ...

For some seismologists who monitor earthquakes by recording seafloor vibrations, cetacean calls are a nuisance ... they found whale vocalization reflections could assist in measuring ocean crust ...

The deep ocean seafloor is defined as depths of 200 meters or more below Earth’s surface, where oxygen levels are low and sunlight is virtually nonexistent. The study, published in Science ...

A new study finds that humans have visually explored just 0.001 per cent of the deep seafloor - leaving vast areas unknown ...