Questions are now being asked about what caused the vessel to sink - and the security measured around such tours.

Los Angeles — Research ships from the San Diego-based Scripps Institution of Oceanography and NOAA go out every three months along the Southern California coastline." Recently, the ship was ...

Until now, only about a quarter of the seafloor has been mapped using ships with special sonar equipment. The rest has ...

Mining vehicle tracks from 1979 on the Pacific Ocean floor. Photo by the National Oceanography Centre. No restrictions.

The U.S. oceanographic research community depends on a complex network of ships and institutions for scientific discovery at sea.

Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego works to understand and protect the planet and find solutions to our most pressing environmental challenges. Humankind faces catastrophic changes in ...

Nodules on the Pacific Ocean floor. Photo by the National Oceanography Centre. No restrictions. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to ...

MSDC serves Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, various other institutions, and the private sector. In continuous operation since the earliest days of Scripps, the records indicate that ...

Ships outfitted with sonar instruments can make direct ... and seabed warfare operations," said Nadya Vinogradova Shiffer, head of physical oceanography programs at NASA Headquarters in Washington.