Alerts for a potential tsunami were issued for coastlines in North America, Hawaii, Russia and Japan after a powerful ...

Since the late 1980s multibeam sonar has been providing highly detailed images of a large area of the sea floor.

Marine protected areas day 2025 highlights a global study proving that protected ocean zones work. Fishing drops in places with strong rules.

The group Nautilus Live recently returned from a 21-day expedition surveying and mapping the ocean floor around the Solomon ...

An 8.8 magnitude earthquake - one of the strongest ever recorded - struck in the Pacific Ocean off Russia's far east coast.

Gil is the seventh named storm to form in the Eastern Pacific in 2025. Storms that form in the Atlantic or the Pacific ...

Submarine canyons are among the most spectacular and fascinating geological formations to be found on our ocean floors, but ...

The MPA Day team encourages one and all to celebrate this day on August 1 through shared stories, talks, online and ocean-based activities.

Forests play a central role in the global carbon cycle as trees store carbon in their trunks, branches, roots and leaves.

Ricci map - detail from a China panel. All images via Wikipedia. In 1602, the Wanli Emperor of the Ming dynasty had a big ...

To catch these “dark vessels,” the team turned to synthetic aperture radar, or SAR. This is a satellite technology that sends ...

An interactive resource from NOAA, powered by spatial analytics company Esri, lets you stay on top of critical information as ...