The seafloor has been studied by scientists using echo-sounding technology since the early 20th century; significant advances were made during and after World War II, but these early techniques ...

Sea-Floor Spreading Geophysical phenomena ranging from earthquakes to continental drift are being explained by a new theory that gives promise of eventually relating geomagnetism and the earth's ...

Several global and regional initiatives exist to increase the proportion of seafloor mapped by direct measurements ... F (2024), owing to methodological differences such as the resolution of the ...

Sea surface temperatures in 2024 broke records and about a quarter of the world’s oceans are experiencing temperatures that ...

Unusual heat waves have occurred in all of the major ocean basins around the planet in recent years. And some of these events ...

The critically endangered red handfish lives off the coast of Tasmania, crawling along the seafloor on fins shaped like hands. These unusual fish have only been found within two small patches of rocky ...

China said on Tuesday that the United States needs to “stop spreading disinformation” and correct “wrongful actions” as the trade tensions between the two countries continue.

Facing rising temperatures, a spike in acidity driven by an influx of carbon, mass habitat destruction, and inescapable pollution, the world's oceans haven't had it easy. But in an ominously ...

Eventually, parts of the ocean might enter a constant state of marine heat wave, at least by today’s common definition ... crawling along the seafloor on fins shaped like hands.

A multinational team of scientists aboard the Exploration Vessel Nautilus will set sail Monday for a 22-day mission to explore the volcanically active seafloor in the Marianas, where they aim ...

As families across the region fire up their grills to kick off the summer, one Bucks County teen believes no celebration is complete without dessert. Nikki Ladd is a 15-year-old self-taught baker ...