In December, one of America’s largest territorial expansions took place, with barely any public notice. The U.S. has claimed sovereignty over 1 million square kilometers — larger than Texas and ...

A French submarine that went missing in the western Mediterranean in 1968 has been located during a search mission, officials said on Monday, ending a 51-year wait for families of the deceased who ...

News Nation/World U.S. claims huge chunk of seabed amid strategic push for resources Dec. 22, 2023 Updated Fri., Dec. 22, 2023 at 5:13 p.m. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...

A growing number of countries are calling to halt mining on the ocean floor. The topic will take center stage at thi annual assembly of the International Seabed Authority, which governs seabed mining.

The Atlantic cod jointly topped the list of these important "ecosystem engineers" Many of the fish we eat play a key role in maintaining the seabed and therefore our climate, according to new research ...

Mapping the seabed of all of the world’s oceans in their entirety by 2030 sounds like a ludicrously big job – but that is the incredible task facing the Seabed 2030 Project. What is more surprising is ...

Geologist and hydrographer Eoin Mac Craith explains his role on a seabed-mapping project and why it’s actually harder to map shallow water than deep. Since 2006, the Integrated Mapping for the ...

Scott Shackelford is a principal investigator on grants from the Hewlett Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, National Science Foundation, and the Microsoft Corporation supporting both the ...