Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You've heard the well-worn saying — that we know more about outer space than we do about parts of the ocean floor. With the help ...

Seabed 2030 aims to map the entirety of the ocean floor by 2030, but is it a possible endeavour – and what have they found so ...

In a revolutionary advancement in oceanography, scientists have created one of the most detailed maps of the ocean floor to date. The map, compiled using high-resolution data from the SWOT satellite, ...

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 ...

Marie Tharp at her drafting table in Lamont Hall, circa 1961.Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and the estate of Marie Tharp Until the 1950s, scientists didn't have a clear understanding of what the ...

Global map showing gravitational variations caused by topographic changes. In purple higher features like seamounts and in green lower features like rift zones. There are better maps of the Moon’s ...

Taken from the International Space Station by an astronaut, this is a view of Lake Van off Turkey, the largest soda lake on Earth. This region is prone to major earthquakes because of movement from ...

Until the 1950s, scientists didn't have a clear understanding of what the seafloor looked like. Geologist Marie Tharp turned years of data into easily digestible maps. She also discovered the ...