Researchers from Ocean Discovery League analyzed data from around 44,000 deep-sea dives conducted since 1958. Their findings highlight stark limitations in visual exploration. Related Stories ...

Due to the costs and the technology needed to explore at vast depths, only a few countries are equipped to scan the ocean floor. These countries include the United States, Japan, New Zealand ...

Vast expanses of the sea floor remain where the only information available is from rough mapping tools, such as sonar, Bell says. “The Indian Ocean is one of the least-explored areas.” ...

Is The Pacific Ocean Floor Being Ripped Apart? Posted: April 28, 2025 | Last updated: April 28, 2025 Our understanding of our own planet is still changing and a relatively new theory about how ...

Willem Marx: It's really complex. It's rooted in a treaty that was signed more than four decades ago known as the Law of the Sea, to which the United States is not currently a party. But to try ...

Prior research has shown that millions of tons of plastics are piling up in the environment, including on the ocean floor ... describe the material as tPB, a transparent 3D material made solely ...

A NASA and CNES satellite lets scientists see the ocean floor in new ways. A NASA and CNES satellite lets scientists see the ocean floor in new ways. Justine Calma is a senior science reporter ...

The Sunday Express understands that with the use of certain technology, foreign authorities were able to locate the exact position of the semi-submersible lying on the ocean’s bed. A senior ...

In the early 1950s, Marie Tharp began connecting dots to map the ocean floor, using sonar technology. Sonar detects underwater objects by timing the echo of a soundwave and was originally ...

Two decades ago, as thousands of vacationers scattered across the sunlit shores of Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka on Christmas getaways, a mighty force rattled the depths of the ocean floor ...

03:01 Tin mining of seabeds off Indonesia threatens fishing and the environment Tin mining of seabeds off Indonesia threatens fishing and the environment The ocean floor is shaping up to be the ...