Oceans cover three-quarters of the Earth, yet only 20% of the seafloor has yet been mapped. The race to understand these ...

A new global map of the world's oceans is so visually stunning that it could be mistaken for art. The paintlike swirls of the visualization, which was released earlier this month by Los Alamos ...

Researchers are using a 3D map of the ocean to get a detailed understanding of life beneath the surface, a breakthrough that could help preserve the fragile ecosystems that basically keep the entire ...

It extends the range of the previous map by 10 degrees north and covers a 2.4 times larger area. Divided into 500-m (1,640-ft) grid squares, 23 percent of these map squares have at least one modern ...

Scientists are mapping the entire ocean floor as part of an ambitious project that could finally find the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. They will use state-of-the-art technology to explore ...

We've explored such a small part of the ocean that we know more about the moon and Mars. This new three-dimensional map can help us get more acquainted with the body of water that occupies most of our ...

Plastic risk maps reveal hidden ocean hotspots where wildlife faces harm from ingestion, entanglement, and chemicals.

Hurricane Gabrielle strengthened to Category 3 east of Bermuda, sending swells to the U.S. and Canadian coasts.

NOAA explorers discovered a massive underwater mountain near Palau using sonar mapping during ocean exploration cruise.

A record-breaking and astonishingly expansive marine heat wave is underway in the Pacific Ocean, stretching from the water ...

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck off the Pacific coast of Russia in the same area where an even bigger quake hit earlier ...