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We’ve mapped nearly all of Mars’ surface from orbit, yet we know less about Earth’s ocean floor — almost 75% remains unmapped in high resolution. This terrestrial blind spot is driving NJIT ...

Contrary to what one might think, mapping and surveying professionals have so far been making limited use of the data from ...

Some 19 projects dealing with wide range of topics, mostly focused on climate change’s impact on aquatic life, have been ...

Over the course of their lives (which can last more than 100 years), whale sharks travel distances that can exceed the circumference of Earth.

A, after years of drifting, now appears stuck near South Georgia Island. Once lodged in the Southern Weddell Sea for decades, ...

Wirewalker deploy: this is a collaboration with the National Oceanography Centre in Liverpool. Wirewalker is a package of instruments that uses wave ...

Born on July 30, 1920, geologist and cartographer Tharp changed scientific thinking about what lay at the bottom of the ocean – not a featureless flat, but rugged and varied terrain.

If we were to make an elevation average of the Earth’s surface ... called satellite-derived bathymetry (SDB), using satellite data to craft these detailed maps. “We were able just last ...