It's thought that these waves are capable of shaping the topography of the ocean floor. Physical Review Letters, 2008. To be published. Matt Ford Associate writer.

Discover how NASA's SWOT satellite revolutionizes flood forecasts by filling gaps in water data, enhancing protection for ...

A recent push by the NASA Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite to shine a light into that darkness has been illuminating, to say the least. The post New NASA Satellite Shines Light ...

An ocean mask minimizes areas typically obscured by ice and clouds.” Google Maps, of course, started including more high-res underwater topography to its maps in 2011 and recently introduced ...

Jason-CS / Sentinel-6 will ensure the continuation of ocean surface topography measurements from its Jason-3 predecessor, planned for launch this summer.

Bremerhaven/Germany, 9 April 2013. Reliable information on the depth and floor structure of the Southern Ocean has so far been available for only few coastal regions of the Antarctic. An ...

More mysteries of the deep have been solved, thanks to the highest resolution map yet of the ocean floor. The map has revealed thousands of underwater ranges and extinct volcanoes that scientists ...

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.

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 Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission will explore how the ocean absorbs atmospheric heat and carbon, moderating global temperatures and climate change. Though climate change is driving ...