A newly-deployed satellite has created the most-detailed map yet of the ocean floor, finding hundreds of hills and underwater volcanoes that were previously missed.

In the mid-20th century, when people looked at a map of the world, they saw the familiar continents surrounded by vast, ...

The initiative that seeks to galvanise the creation of a full map of the ocean floor says one-fifth of this task has now been completed. When the Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project was ...

With ocean levels rising, there are 36 global cities ... San Francisco making the list and being shown on an interactive map.

The quest to compile the definitive map of Earth's ocean floor has edged a little nearer to completion. Modern measurements of the depth and shape of the seabed now encompass 20.6% of the total ...

The nearest ocean to the UK is the Atlantic Ocean. It stretches from Europe to North and South America, and is the second largest of the five oceans. The water in the oceans is constantly moving ...

The implications for food security and global economies are enormous. Rising temperatures are remaking the map of the oceans. As polar ice retreats, the Northwest Passage could become an ...