If successful, the professor believes they will have gathered enough data on the varying approaches to move closer to creating a high-resolution ocean floor map. “In three years, we expect to have ...

After suspecting the presence of a series of underwater volcanoes near the Cook Islands, researchers have now mapped out the ...

In 2022, researchers aboard the E/V Nautilus made a discovery on the floor of the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii. While surveying the Liliʻuokalani Ridge in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National ...

Researchers uncover a possible active underwater volcano chain near the Cook Islands, hinting at fresh geological activity.

Preliminary reports from the U.S. Tsunami Warning System said tsunami waves were possible for coastlines within about 190 miles of the earthquake’s epicenter, including those on Tonga. The system ...

While ship-based sonar has provided direct measurements of only 25% of the ocean floor, SWOT's satellite data bridges the gap, allowing scientists to map vast areas more efficiently. To gain a ...

According to the researchers, the formation’s 90-degree fractures were a direct result of repeated heating and cooling from subsequent lava flows, leading to the characteristic brick-like patterns ...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pacific Ocean Division (USACE POD) Commanding General, Brigadier General Joseph “Clete” Goetz II, completed his week-long tour of the USACE Japan Engineer District ...

The image below shows a bathymetric map of the ocean floor, where pink denotes the shallowest ... plate tectonics. The Pacific Ocean is riven with oceanic trenches 3-4 km deeper than the ocean ...

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