National Geographic, one of the world’s pre-eminent and most visible mapmaking groups, has officially decreed the existence of a fifth ocean. Called the Southern Ocean, it’s the body of water ...

Ocean floor maps are included in this atlas for the first time. ... Next comes political and physical world maps, followed by 20 plates on the thematic world.

One of Esri’s marine mapping efforts visualizes ecological marine units (EMU), a comprehensive, standardized analysis layer of the physical, chemical, and biological properties of the oceans ...

In the mid-20th century, when people looked at a map of the world, they saw the familiar continents surrounded by vast, ...

June 8 was UN World Oceans Day, and this year's theme is "Wonder: Sustaining What Sustains Us." One researcher who has spent years exploring these wonders is Vicki Ferrini, a marine geophysicist and a ...

Anyone with a web browser can click on sections of the ocean to discover key variables like salinity, temperature and oxygen levels. Skip to Content Notice at Collection ...

The two-and-a-half-year TARA OCEANS expedition finishes on 31 March when the ship and crew reach Lorient, ... TARA OCEANS completes 60,000-mile journey to map marine biodiversity.

The 16 unmanned submarines will explore the world's oceans as part of a research project by Rutgers University. Each 2.2 metre-long glider will rely on the energy from buoyancy changes to propel ...