The final of the ocean XPRIZE, which will see fleets of robots compete to map the largest area of seafloor inside 24 hours, will take place in deep waters off the coast of Greece. Teams will be ...

While mapping the ocean currents, the companion mapping of the sea floor bathymetry has revealed ancient dormant underwater volcanoes.CSIRO geophysicist Dr Chris Yule said the team conducted high ...

The collaboration aims to fill gaps in knowledge about the topography of the seafloor and create a comprehensive map of the ocean floor. – Joint press release of the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for ...

High resolution seafloor map of the Havre undersea volcano caldera with lava that erupted in 2012 lavas shown in red. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 10 January 2018 ...

Safe and efficient marine navigation requires, among other factors, accurate information about the water depth and the sea bottom [18]. In addition, the availability of accurate water depth is vital ...

A robotic boat and submersible have won the XPRIZE to find the best new technologies to map the seafloor. The surface and underwater combo demonstrated their capabilities in a timed test in the ...

Geochemical analyses link the geologic histories of the South Pacific Islands of Fiji, Vanuatu, and Samoa. This map shows the tectonic features of the area studied. (Credit: Gill et al, 2022) ...

The map, and the methods used to create it, were published in Nature journal Scientific Data. The International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean Version 2 is available here: https://doi.org ...

Mapping in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas off Alaska has uncovered a 1,640-foot-tall structure on the seafloor, but scientists ...

Satellite data has enabled researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to develop a new way to measure ocean depth. The technique, which uses imagery captured by the Landsat program, works ...