The deep-sea remains one of the most unexplored regions on Earth, due in large part to the immense challenges posed by its depth and vastness. Yet, the recent advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI) ...

TOKYO, Japan, January 15, 2022 (ENS) – Much has changed since the early days of oceanic bathymetry, the study of the seafloor, when simple soundings were taken by hand with a rope and weight. Today, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tharp with an undersea map at her desk. Rolled sonar profiles of the ocean floor are on the shelf behind her. Lamont-Doherty Earth ...

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced in a statement posted on its site recently that it and Fugro have partnered "to accelerate deep ocean mapping [and] ...

The ocean has always looked like a blank blue expanse on most maps, yet beneath that surface lies a layered, living architecture that scientists are only now beginning to chart in detail. From the ...

A fleet of unmanned surface vehicles equipped with AI are currently mapping the ocean floor, counting fish populations and monitoring ocean and weather conditions all over the planet in the fight ...

Fabien Cousteau suits up to dive into the waters of Curacao as part of his ocean-mapping project called Proteus. Photo Credit: The Fabien Cousteau Ocean Learning Center Curacao is in deep water these ...

FORECASTING. MUCH OF DESTRUCTION FROM HURRICANES COMES FROM THE STORM SURGE. BUT THAT’S DIFFICULT TO PREDICT. ADVANCEMENTS IN STORM SURGE FORECASTING COULD COME WITH BETTER INFORMATION ABOUT THE OCEAN ...

Ocean Exploration Trust is excited to announce the installation of a new Kongsberg Simrad EC150-3C 150 kilohertz transducer on Exploration Vessel (E/V) Nautilus. This new sonar is mounted within the ...

Despite all the deep-sea expeditions and samples taken from the seabed in the past 100 years, humans still know little about the ocean’s deepest reaches. And there are good reasons to learn more. Most ...

Despite making up the majority of our planet’s surface, the ocean floor is still a mystery. As of June 2020, we have only mapped 20% of it and continue to discover major features including massive ...

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 ...