The world's largest public map of Earth's oceans grows just a little bit more. Cloaked in ocean, the seafloor has resisted human exploration for centuries.

June 8 was UN World Oceans Day, and this year's theme is "Wonder: Sustaining What Sustains Us." One researcher who has spent years exploring these wonders is Vicki Ferrini, a marine geophysicist ...

A U.S.-French satellite that will map almost all of the world’s oceans, lakes and rivers rocketed into orbit Friday. The predawn launch aboard a SpaceX rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in ...

Science | January 10, 2024. These Entrancing Maps Capture Where the World’s Rivers Go. Cartographer Robert Szucs uses satellite data to make stunning art that shows which oceans waterways empty into ...

Topographic or satellite maps of Earth may reveal ridges and troughs that crisscross flat plains on the ocean floor, making it seem as though the entire ocean floor has been mapped out, Ferrini said.

Only about 4% of the world's oceans remain undamaged by human activity, according to the first detailed global map of human impacts on the seas. A study in Science journal says climate change, fishing ...

The oceans cover over 70% of the Earth’s surface. The marine ecosystem is the largest and most abundant in the world. But most of the ocean is permanently dark and incredibly difficult to observe.

June 8 was UN World Oceans Day, and this year's theme is "Wonder: Sustaining What Sustains Us." One researcher who has spent years exploring these wonders is Vicki Ferrini, a marine geophysicist ...

A U.S.-French satellite that will map almost all of the world’s oceans, lakes and rivers rocketed into orbit Friday. The predawn launch aboard a SpaceX rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in ...