Despite all the deep-sea expeditions and samples taken from the seabed over the past 100 years, humans still know very little about the ocean’s deepest reaches. And there are good reasons to ...

The topography of the ocean floor appears to play a role in shaping these unique microbial communities.

Ocean mapping by Saildrones – autonomous vehicles working off the coast of Florida – could help meteorologists improve storm surge forecasts.

SWOT is short for Surface Water and Ocean Topography, topography here referring to the elevation of the ever-roiling ocean surface. The instrument-packed satellite joined the constellation of ...

Founded by a pair of former Navy SEALs, Austin-based Terradepth has ambitious plans to deploy a fully autonomous fleet of submersibles to continually monitor the seafloor.

The trajectories of that hot water are partly based on the topography of the ocean floor, stirring up hurricanes and storms.

Scientists around the world soon will have access to high-definition views of most of Earth's surface water, finer details of its topography, and data that show how inland waters and oceans change ...

Yao Yu, a postdoctoral researcher at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, and colleagues revealed the results produced by the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) radar altimeter ...

Nicknamed SWOT — short for Surface Water and Ocean Topography — the satellite is needed more than ever as climate change worsens droughts, flooding and coastal erosion, according to scientists ...

Additionally, rip currents will not pull someone underwater, but they can be deceptive due to the constantly shifting topography of the ocean floor.

Nicknamed SWOT — short for Surface Water and Ocean Topography — the satellite is needed more than ever as climate change worsens droughts, flooding and coastal erosion, according to scientists.