Estimating the topography of the seafloor is crucial for various applications, including navigation, marine resource management, and environmental monitoring. Recent advancements in technology ...

It is one of those truisms that the global surfaces of Mars and the ... and sub-surface vehicles to take on the task of mapping seafloor topography. They will each get about 10 days to set up ...

By stirring up and churning the seafloor—a process known as "bioturbation"—small creatures living in the sediments can have a ...