In an exciting development in the pursuit of extraterrestrial life, NASA has uncovered and mapped out underground oceans on several moons. This major technological achievement could potentially open ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. Oceans cover more than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, yet the world’s marine ecosystems are far less understood by scientists—as are ...

The numbers are startling: According to even the most generous estimates, more than 80 percent of the world's oceans are totally unmapped. The average ocean depth is nearly two and a half miles, and ...

Description: Introduces descriptive and dynamical physical oceanography, focusing on the nature and dynamics of ocean currents and their role in the distribution of heat and other aspects of ocean ...

Ocean explorers have long tried to survey the contours of the seafloor, but today's charts still pale in comparison to those of distant planets. By Bill Gourgey Published Sep 14, 2022 10:00 AM EDT Get ...

Thirty years ago, I had the privilege of seeing the deep ocean up close. For my doctoral research, I dropped 1.5 miles in the Alvin submersible above the East Pacific Rise, southwest of Acapulco.

Oceanographers are carving up the world’s seas like the last of the holiday turkey. A new 3D map sorts global water masses — from deep, frigid circumpolar waters to the oxygen-starved Black Sea — into ...