Underwater mountains, or seamounts, are littered on the ocean floor, but only some of them have been detected. Now, 56,000 ...

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A new study finds that humans have visually explored just 0.001 per cent of the deep seafloor - leaving vast areas unknown ...

If you were born in the last 30 years, there’s a good chance you’ve never actually had to rely on a paper map. You might have ...

The U.S. Seventh Fleet's mission is to provide operational control and planning for its forces in the Pacific and Indian ...

The deep ocean is understood as any portion of the Earth's sea that is deeper than 200 meters (656 feet). Those regions cover ...

An international team of scientists has moved beyond just “scratching the surface,” to understand how microplastics move ...

When World War II came to Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast, it wasn’t in the form of grainy newsreel footage from the ...

Around the world, millions of tons of small fish are processed into fishmeal and fish oil (FMFO) each year—key ingredients in ...

Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...

A strong, 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck in the North Pacific Ocean near Ecuador on Friday, according to the United States ...

All maps are influenced by the intent and biases of their creator—even those that are striving to be as accurate as possible.