Experts have been working on mapping the ocean floor with traditional methods, sending ships across the water with sonar ...

More accurate maps based on data from the SWOT mission can improve underwater navigation and result in greater knowledge of ...

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

Nasa Earth Observatory The global map of seafloor features is based on ocean height data from the SWOT satellite. Purple denotes regions that are lower compared to higher features such as ...

This reduction, mostly resulting from a global slowdown in seafloor spreading, caused ocean basins to deepen. In addition, the researchers calculated that heat flowing into the ocean from the hot ...