Well, it turns out, for most of the planet’s surface — the ocean floor, that is — we don’t have very good maps. Researchers announced Friday that they’ve completed a map for just over ...

The first comprehensive map of the global ocean floor was created by Lamont oceanographers Marie Tharp and Bruce Heezen and published in 1977. In the 1980s, another Lamont scientist, ...

New study shows just how little – about 99.999% – of the world’s oceanic depths have been viewed by human eyes.

The world’s most explored virtual globe was recently updated with the latest scientific discoveries along the seafloor. The new features, including the most up-to-date global map of the seafloor ...

The quest to compile the definitive map of Earth's ocean floor has edged a little nearer to completion. Modern measurements of the depth and shape of the seabed now encompass 20.6% of the total ...

Big data maps world's ocean floor. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2015 / 08 / 150810110911.htm. ... one of Earth's largest global biomes.

It is the only intergovernmental organisation with a mandate to map the entire ocean floor. The latest status of its Seabed 2030 project was announced to coincide with World Hydrography Day ...

Scientists are mapping the entire ocean floor as part of an ambitious project that could finally find the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. They will use state-of-the-art technology to explo… ...

Submarine maps are essential for various maritime activities, including navigation and the installation of undersea communication cables that make global internet connectivity possible.

The Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE is a three-year global competition that challenges researchers to build better technologies for mapping Earth's seafloor ...

(Image: Adriana Dutkiewicz et al./University of Sydney) The first global digital map of the ocean floor sediments (shown above) shows we have little clue about how the world's biggest carbon sink ...

A global map of the ocean floor could buoy the economy. Researchers have mapped a quarter of it so far. Communications, shipping, mining and climate modeling could benefit.