Scientists are mapping the entire ocean floor as part of an ambitious project that could finally find the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. They will use state-of-the-art technology to explo… ...

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 ...

Many maps of the ocean floor are decades old. ... Kiribati is a Pacific island nation of about 130,000 people spread across 33 coral atolls, only 20 of which are inhabited.

Geoscientists have discovered great geologic faults on the floor of the Pacific Ocean, further refining the theory of plate tectonics. The faults result from forces pulling the Pacific plate as it ...

Many maps of the ocean floor are decades old. ... Kiribati is a Pacific island nation of about 130,000 people spread across 33 coral atolls, only 20 of which are inhabited.

New maps reveal details about the size and shape of Earth's lost 8th continent, Zealandia, which disappeared under the Pacific Ocean ...

A University of Louisiana at Lafayette biology professor is spending his summer as the public face of an expedition exploring uncharted areas of the Pacific Ocean floor, narrating a live video ...

Pacific Ocean mud holds vital materials for making nearly all high-tech electronics. ... in mud on the floor of the Pacific Ocean, ... (You can see a map of their findings here.) ...

Using high-resolution seismic imaging, geologists have successfully surveyed the top and bottom of a water-rich oceanic tectonic plate, a former piece of the Pacific Ocean floor, sliding some 400 ...

“We have a map of the ocean floor in that region and we also know the currents that existed back in 2014,” he said. “So we know whether it’s moving away from the site.” ...