"Bottoming out at a preliminary 8,483 meters (27,831 feet), the bottom had a rather unique topography. Also, saw a jellyfish at a very deep 8,423 meters." Read more ...

Bing Maps just released an update that includes “bathymetric imagery," which provides a better look at ocean floor topography, as well as 13 million square kilometers of new satellite imagery.

Challenger Deep is in the Pacific Ocean inside of the Marina Trench. It's just shy of 11,000 meters, or 6.7 miles, below the ocean surface. In July 2022, Wright and pilot and ocean explorer Victor ...

Detailed renderings of the Pacific Ocean floor are a key feature of The Oregonian/OregonLive real-time earthquake map, which draws on a data feed that the U.S. Geological Survey updates every 15 ...

As the waves of a tsunami approach a coastline, the topography of the seafloor near the coast plays a major role in determining how large those waves become and what places get hit harder than others.

Seafloor features near coasts were known to amplify or dampen tsunami waves, but satellite measurements from the March 11 Japan tsunami have shown it happens in the deep ocean too.

Wave peaks appear in red-brown, depressions in blue-green and ocean floor topography is outlined in gray. NASA ... passing over rugged ocean ridges and around islands in the middle of the Pacific.

The La Fonera undersea canyon, near the port of Palamos, sees fishing from some 180 bottom trawlers. On supporting science journalism If you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award ...

A leak in the Pacific Ocean’s floor has scientists concerned it could fuel “the big one,” a magnitude-9.0 earthquake that would be one of the strongest earthquakes the U.S. has ever seen ...

Scientists probing the bottom of the Pacific Ocean made a surprising discovery: animals living underneath the seafloor in an area with volcanic activity. Giant tubeworms, which are known as the ...