As part of the ongoing effort, a NASA-supported team recently published one of the most detailed maps yet of the seafloor.

Satellites recorded the largest ocean swells ever seen from space, highlighting how massive waves can act as storm ...

NASA has signed an agreement with other U.S. and international agencies to launch the Ocean Surface Topography Mission in 2008. The satellite, named Jason-2, will increase our understanding of ocean ...

Bing Maps just released an update that includes “bathymetric imagery,” which provides a better look at ocean floor topography, as well as 13 million square kilometers of new satellite imagery. The ...

Figure 1: Maps of seismic and residual topographic databases. Figure 6: Viscosity, velocity and density structure of mantle. We present a new and comprehensive global database of oceanic residual ...

WASHINGTON — Less than a month after launch, the NASA-French space agency Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM)/Jason 2 oceanography satellite has produced its first complete maps of global ocean ...

Rocks store information from long ago. For instance, their composition can reveal the environmental conditions during their ...

Using data from seismic waves, scientists have shown that temperature deep in Earth's mantle controls the elevation and volcanic activity along mid-ocean ridges, colossal mountain ranges that line the ...

Scientists have found that oceanic manta rays routinely make extreme dives of more than 1,200 meters – three-quarters of a ...

Less than a month after launch, the NASA-French space agency Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM)/Jason 2 oceanography satellite has produced its first complete maps of global ocean surface ...