Marie Tharp's topographical maps increased our understanding of both the ocean floor and the processes that move the earth's ...

Deep beneath the waves of the Pacific Ocean, a powerful force is stirring that has scientists watching more closely than ever ...

Mars may have been a "blue planet" with an ocean the size of today's Arctic Ocean, a new study suggests. New evidence of ...

For most of modern history, the open ocean has been treated as a place apart. Beyond the 200-nautical-mile limits of national ...

NOAA’s National Ocean Service announced a new hydrographic survey project to map and characterize more than 30,000 square ...

Carmel-by-the-Sea will get numbered street addresses this year. For decades, the town has relied on finding houses by their ...

A four-year record from the heart of the Ross Ice Shelf shows how subtle changes could shape future sea level rise, ocean ...

In a landmark study published in Science, researchers have unveiled a high-resolution map of the Antarctic bed. This study ...

Scientists have devised the most detailed map to date of the terrain hidden below the vast ice sheet blanketing Antarctica, ...

Thanks to two fish-forecasting technology services, Simrad’s FishCast powered by Roffs and Fish Mapping from SiriusXM Marine, ...

Before satellites and jets, people crossed the seas guided by stars and propelled by currents and wind. They drew maps to hint at lands and peoples beyond ...

NASA satellites have spotted tiny red plankton swarming global waters. (Image: NASA) NASA satellites have spotted tiny red plankton swarming global waters. Scientists are shocked by their scale and ...