Since the first jackup was built in 1954, jackups have become the most popular type of mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) for offshore exploration and development purposes. In fact, there are ...

A new satellite has mapped Earth's ocean floors in unprecedented detail ... The team focused on three types of underwater features: abyssal hills, small seamounts and continental margins.

The deep ocean floor is so dark there’s no plants and no photosynthesis. But where seeps and vents are found, chemicals and minerals from them interact with underwater bacteria that become ...

White smokers are hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor, usually in volcanic or tectonically ... which appear cloudy or white due to the types of minerals they release. ‘National Embarrassment ...

Have you ever thought about what sea creatures roam the ocean floor off Tasmania's east coast ... we haven't brought together the different types of research streams into one place," she said. " ...

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 ...

Roughly 25 percent (23.4 percent to be exact) of the Earth’s sea floor has been mapped, thanks to an international initiative known as Seabed 2030. Relying largely on voluntary contributions of ...