The intense water pressure found deep in the abyss can crush most equipment, and the seafloor is essentially ... short for Surface Water and Ocean Topography, is a collaboration between NASA ...

As part of the ongoing effort, a NASA-supported team recently published one of the most detailed maps yet of the ocean floor, using data from the SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) satellite ..

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