What you're looking at is either an ocean or a sea—two of Earth's most awe-inspiring bodies of water. Though both are crucial to our planet's ecosystems and are often used interchangeably in ...

Names associated with the ocean (or water in general) hold a special place in my heart. One of my friends who lives with his family out in California lives near the ocean, and all of them have names ...

The imminent presidency of Donald Trump looks set to boost the fortunes of deep-sea-mining as support for harvesting the world’s ocean floors for critical minerals grows, both in Congress and ...

The ocean floor is believed to hold vast reserves ... plans to submit its first application to mine the sea floor on June 27, ahead of the International Seabed Authority’s (ISA) second meeting ...

In the early 1950s, Marie Tharp began connecting dots to map the ocean floor, using sonar technology ... Marie deployed it to measure the depth of the seafloor. She painstakingly took sonar ...

and Antonin Guilbert—and a bold plan that would give them more time for exploration on the seafloor. They were inspired by divers on oil rigs who can quickly travel back and forth to the ocean ...

Even so, most major ocean carriers have chosen to divert container and tanker services away from the Red Sea and on longer, more expensive voyages around the Horn of Africa. One exception is French ...

You will be prepared to respond to increasingly complex challenges arising from humans’ impact on the oceans. Our ocean is under increasing pressure from unsustainable human activities; yet, we depend ...

Giant isopods of the genus Bathynomus, which can reach more than 30 cm in length, are known as bọ biển or "sea bugs" in Vietnam. For the first time, one such species was described from ...

Bathynomus vaderi belongs to a group known as “supergiants,” reaching lengths of 32.5 cm and weighing over a kilogram. So far, this new species has only been found near the Spratly Islands in ...

Seafloor mapping is important for safe navigation, says Shannon Hoy, an expedition coordinator team lead with NOAA Ocean Exploration. It can also help scientists manage coral reefs, and in the future, ...

While precise performance specs have yet to be released, a Beatbot representative tells us that the robot has a swimming speed close to that of a real sea turtle, and that it could conceivably ...