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Sink or swim: The fate of sinking tectonic plates depends on their ancient tectonic histories
Newly published research has revealed that compositional rock anomalies within oceanic plates caused by ancient tectonics ...
These glowing seas have baffled sailors for centuries. Science may finally have answers.
"Milky seas” are one of the rarest reported forms of bioluminescence. A new scientific database may finally reveal the ...
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Scientists Uncover 100,000 Submerged Mountains Beneath the Ocean Floor in Breakthrough Map
In a revolutionary advancement in oceanography, scientists have created one of the most detailed maps of the ocean floor to ...
Easter Island’s volcanoes are older than the ocean floor
In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, thousands of miles from any continent, Easter Island rises out of the sea. Its surface ...
China Mapping Seafloor Around US Allies to Send Nuclear Submarines—Analyst
A Chinese vessel is suspected of mapping the seafloor around U.S. allies Australia and New Zealand to support submarine ...
NASA’s Satellite Just Uncovered 100,000 Hidden Mountains Beneath the Ocean
We've mapped the Moon more thoroughly than our own ocean floor, but a leap forward has come with NASA's SWOT satellite. Using ...
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Mapping the Deep
In December 2023, thanks to UNH, the United States grew by one million square kilometers. The U.S. gained that seabed territory beyond 200 nautical miles from our coasts through a geopolitical process ...