Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tharp with an undersea map at her desk. Rolled sonar profiles of the ocean floor are on the shelf behind her. Lamont-Doherty Earth ...

TOKYO, Japan, January 15, 2022 (ENS) – Much has changed since the early days of oceanic bathymetry, the study of the seafloor, when simple soundings were taken by hand with a rope and weight. Today, ...

From ocean science projects to "ensuring maritime defense and security", China has spent years analyzing the seabed and ...

FORECASTING. MUCH OF DESTRUCTION FROM HURRICANES COMES FROM THE STORM SURGE. BUT THAT’S DIFFICULT TO PREDICT. ADVANCEMENTS IN STORM SURGE FORECASTING COULD COME WITH BETTER INFORMATION ABOUT THE OCEAN ...

A UNSW academic's innovative research uses ocean currents to optimize shipping routes and reduce the environmental impact of sea transport. Each day more than 50,000 cargo ships ply the world's oceans ...

Oscar Pizarro is a marine robotics researcher. In Australia he has been part of a research team that maps and monitors the seafloor in the tropical and temperate reefs with autonomous underwater ...

SYDNEY — China is conducting a vast undersea mapping and monitoring operation across the Pacific, Indian and Arctic oceans, building detailed knowledge of marine conditions that naval experts say ...

A four-year competition to help unravel the mysteries of the deep sea has drawn to a close, with the international team behind a new kind of unmanned surface vessel taking top honors. The Shell Ocean ...

When Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 went missing in 2014, investigators thought it had crashed in the middle of the Indian Ocean, about 1,200 miles southwest of Perth. Except the area was so deep and ...

China has expanded its deep-sea mapping far beyond contracted mining zones, covering strategic waters near U.S. allies and military outposts. Experts warn the effort could serve both scientific and ...

By Pete Mckenzie SYDNEY, March 24 (Reuters) - China is conducting a vast undersea mapping and monitoring operation across the Pacific, Indian and Arctic oceans, building detailed knowledge of marine ...