Ocean Floor

Study unveils why Southern hemisphere is stormier than the Northern

EnvironmentDecember 6, 2022

A first concrete explanation for difference, and show it is getting even stormier over time.

New basalt type discovered beneath the Pacific ocean

ScienceMarch 24, 2021

The discovery suggests that ocean floor eruptions sourced in the Earth’s mantle were even hotter and more voluminous than previously thought.

Electric rays and stingrays can be used to map the seabed

TechnologyDecember 9, 2020

Mapping the seabed.

Earth recycles ocean floor into salty diamonds

ScienceMay 30, 2019

The most wonderful quality about diamonds is that they are one of the only types of physical matter on this earth that do not...

Using robots and AI to understand deep sea

EnvironmentMay 10, 2019

Benthic ecosystems are chronically undersampled, particularly in environments >50 m depth. Yet a rising level of anthropogenic threats makes data collection ever more urgent....

Study reproduces origins of life on ocean floor

ScienceFebruary 26, 2019

Since years, scientists believe that life originated in the oceans, as the primary divisions and the events of evolution took place there. Now, NASA...