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

Researchers created a detailed map of 332 canyon networks on the Antarctic seafloor – nearly five times the number identified ...

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

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

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

Hurricane Iona was expected to move westward for the next couple of days and stay far south of the Hawaiian Islands, ...

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

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

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

Emergency managers directed Oʻahu residents in "red zones" to head inland on Tuesday as the state faced a tsunami. But ...

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