In 1982, geologist Martin Hovland sat aboard a research ship owned by the Norwegian oil company Statoil (now Equinor) in the ...

At the bottom of the ocean, evidence of what researchers are calling a “supernova graveyard” has been discovered. But what ...

The ocean covers more than 70% of the surface of our planet, and it contains an abundance of resources and life that are ...

However, when he measured elevated oxygen levels at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean in 2013, he was understandably baffled. His lander had returned from 13,000 feet beneath the surface, a gloomy realm ...

Along certain parts of the ocean floor lies a bounty of rare minerals and metals, critical components for batteries, electric ...

Successfully recovered ocean bottom seismometers onboard the James Cook from both the US Scripps and German DEPAS pools. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of ...

Bottom trawling in European waters costs society ... President Emmanuel Macron is convening the SOS Ocean summit at the end of March in Paris. It will together global thought leaders, policymakers ...

Assembling an ocean-bottom electromagnetometer, a receiver that records electric and magnetic fields.

At around 3,300 meters (2 miles) below the surface of the ocean off the coast of Alaska, where the warm light of the Sun never penetrates, an NOAA Ocean Exploration remotely operated underwater ...

The ocean floor remains one of the last unexplored areas of the planet. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, only 26.1% of the global sea floor had been mapped with ...

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

TGS has awarded a shallow water ocean-bottom node (OBN) contract offshore Trinidad, the energy data provider said April 7. The 3D baseline contract will last approximately 80 days and begin in the ...