A Chinese vessel is suspected of mapping the seafloor around U.S. allies Australia and New Zealand to support submarine ...

A Chinese research ship that triggered spying concerns after passing through Bass Strait last month has been surveying the ...

Civilian exploration may be the official mission of a Chinese deep-sea research ship that sailed clockwise around Australia ...

We've mapped the Moon more thoroughly than our own ocean floor, but a leap forward has come with NASA's SWOT satellite. Using ...

The Japanese government has issued an urgent warning over the catastrophic damage which could be caused by an impending ...

While this discovery could upend our understanding of how life started on Earth, the study also complicates negotiations around deep-sea mining regulations as it showcases how little we really ...

In a revolutionary advancement in oceanography, scientists have created one of the most detailed maps of the ocean floor to ...

The Nankai Trough is a deep ocean trench formed by the boundary of two tectonic plates, which is hit by a megaquake once every 100 to 200 years. In the deadliest scenario, the report predicts that ...

In December 2023, thanks to UNH, the United States grew by one million square kilometers. The U.S. gained that seabed territory beyond 200 nautical miles from our coasts through a geopolitical process ...

"The more we know about Earth's icy environments, the better we will be able to understand the other environments," said ...

Producing accurate maps of the ocean floor is critical to ensuring safety at sea, with better understanding of navigation and deep-sea current and tides. In the past ships with sonar equipment ...