President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday shortly after his inauguration calling for the Gulf of Mexico to be ...

resulting in enhanced bathymetric predictions in the South China Sea[3]. Additionally, researchers have begun to utilize the deflection of the vertical, a product of altimetry, for bathymetry ...

Rising mountain peaks and sharp rock formations cover the ocean floor, with corals, sponges, fish, and tons of sea creatures ...

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Washington | Google Maps will change the name of “Gulf of Mexico” to “Gulf of America” once the US government updates ...

Britain first discovered gas in the North sea in 1965. Oil finds soon followed and by the early 1980s the UK was exporting more oil than it imported. Aberdeen became the oil capital of Europe and ...

Climate Central has created an interactive map that shows what the US would look like if the sea level rose at rates of 2mm ...

North Korea launched "several short-range ballistic missiles," that landed in the Sea of Japan Tuesday morning local time, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said. South Korea’s spy agency has ...

A huge volcano at the bottom of the sea near the US’ northwestern coast is predicted to erupt this year. Named Axial Seamount ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for bolstering nuclear forces this year during a visit to a nuclear material production base and nuclear weapons institute, state media KCNA reported on ...

Where is the West Philippine Sea located? The West Philippine Sea is west of the Philippine archipelago, stretching from the west of the Batanes group of islands in the north to the western coast of ...

A recent study by advocacy group Uplift projects that if planned North Sea drilling moves forward, U.K. pollution could rise by as much as 30 years' worth of domestic household emissions. The United ...

Multibeam Echosounder (MBES): An advanced sonar system used to map the seafloor by emitting sound waves and measuring the time it takes for the echoes to return. Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV): A ...