Tharp was a pioneering cartographer and geologist whose meticulous maps of the Atlantic Ocean floor revealed the unseen and ...

The chain runs down the middle of the Atlantic ... Pacific Ocean. Running along the top of this chain of mountains is a deep crack, called a rift valley. It is here that new ocean floor is ...

Ships using sonar can also map abyssal hills, but it’s a slow and difficult task. To date, ships have only mapped about a quarter of the planet’s ocean floor. SWOT was designed to do much more ...

More precise maps created using data from the SWOT mission can enhance underwater navigation and provide deeper insights into ...

The Atlantic is the second largest ocean on the planet ... This toxic layer looks so dark it resembles the hole's floor but is actually a boundary which separates oxygenated water from oxygen ...

He is currently leading a team of other scientists focused on mapping the surficial geology of the sea floor beneath the ...