Imagine, for a moment, what it would mean for this economy if we didn’t have maps: Transportation, trade, resource extraction, disaster mitigation — so much of what we do would be made more ...

With tools like Google Earth at our disposal, we have an understanding of our land masses like never before. With just a few ...

The Nippon Foundation­—General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) Seabed 2030 Project has partnered with NORBIT Oceans, a provider of underwater imaging and mapping technology. The organizations ...

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, ...

* Australia-sized parts of seabed given to coastal states * Far more up for allocation in continental shelf shift By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent OSLO, May 12 (Reuters) - Coastal nations ...

West Africa sits on an ocean economy worth billions of dollars, yet the region still lacks a complete understanding of what lies beneath its own waters. One of the emerging voices making this case is ...

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 ...

Life at the bottom of the ocean is extreme. It's pitch black, the temperature hovers right above freezing and the pressure is immense. Although many species have evolved to survive and thrive at these ...

New analysis has shown that the UK's first large scale offshore mussel farm might in fact serve as a form of restoration rather than creating habitats never seen in the area before. A map dating from ...