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Musket balls and a burnt hull: First shipwrecks linked to Pirates of the Caribbean discovered in Nassau Harbor, The BahamasNassau, Bahamas, once a pirate haven, has yielded six shipwrecks. Three wrecks are linked to the Golden Age of Piracy. These discoveries ar...
Scientists just realized the true scale of a massive coral habitat was hiding off the Southeast U.S. for decadesScientists have uncovered a massive cold-water coral habitat spanning over 6.4 million acres off the southeastern U.S. coast. This extensiv...
A 15-year-old Canadian teen built a robot turtle, which could help scientists spot reef damage earlier and transform ecological threats underwaterA young Canadian inventor has created a robotic turtle. This innovative device can detect ecological hazards affecting coral reefs. The rob...
In 2013, scientists studying volcanic rocks near Mauritius uncovered ancient zircon clues that revealed a buried microcontinent beneath the Indian OceanScientists have found a piece of ancient Earth's crust hidden in the Indian Ocean. This submerged landmass, called Mauritia, is not a lost ...
Why This Strange Underwater “Lost City” Has Scientists Talking About Alien LifeScientists have found a vibrant 'Lost City' deep in the Atlantic Ocean, thriving without sunlight. This discovery suggests life can exist i...
Deep-Sea Escanaba Trough Holds Secrets of Earth's Fiery CoreScientists explored the Escanaba Trough, a deep sea area. Underwater vehicles mapped the seafloor and studied geological activity. They dis...
China is mapping the ocean floor as it prepares for submarine warfare with the U.S.China is undertaking a massive undersea mapping and monitoring mission across the Pacific, Indian, and Arctic oceans. This extensive operat...
Never Seen Before: Something Unusual Is Hiding Beneath Bermuda’s Ocean FloorA massive 20 km thick rock layer has been discovered beneath Bermuda, altering the traditional model of oceanic plate formation. This unusu...
A Massive Lost Continent Is Hiding Beneath the Pacific, Geologists SayA massive underwater landmass, Zealandia, is now scientifically classified as a continent. This discovery reshapes our understanding of Ear...
The Ocean Floor Is Cracking Open Faster Than Scientists ExpectedEarth's ocean floor is not just steadily pulling apart; new research reveals rapid, dynamic cracking along mid-ocean ridges. Advanced mappi...
A paved path 1,000 meters below the Pacific? Scientists spot a mysterious ‘yellow brick road’ near Hawaii, and humans didn’t build itA research expedition found a strange 'yellow brick road' on the ocean floor near Hawaii. The site is on the Liliʻuokalani Ridge. Scientist...
Deep dive, deep spies? Why China’s seabed mapping could be another headache for IndiaChina is rapidly expanding its deep-sea exploration efforts, sending fleets of research vessels far beyond its shores. While Beijing claims...
A new map of the Arctic Ocean reveals an area as large as twice the size of France and six times that of EnglandA collaborative project Seabed 2030 has made significant progress by mapping a new area in the Arctic Ocean. The initiative, which aims to ...
Deep Ocean Mission gets massive push in BudgetThe overall allocation to the Earth Sciences Ministry has increased to Rs 2653.51 crore in 2022-23 from the revised estimates of Rs 2369.54...
- Largest volcanic eruption in the ocean uncovered in New Zealand
Sydney, Jan 11 (IANS) Researchers have found that the world's largest deep ocean volcanic eruption happened in New Zealand.
Kolkata's Sampriti Bhattacharya on Forbes 30 most powerful young change agents of the worldAt 28, Bhattacharya has created an underwater drone that can map ocean floors and explore the deep sea and can help the defence sector.
Australian scientists discover huge and ancient underwater volcanoesA cluster of submerged volcanoes, thought to be about 50 million years old, have been discovered around 250 kilometres off the coast of Syd...
MH370: New search images reveal seabed details of Indian OceanThe deep sea search vehicles have sonar that can pick out odd lumps, cameras that can double check if that lump is wreckage or just a rock.
MH370 mystery: 58 'hard objects' found in Indian OceanThe Australia-led search team for the missing Malaysian flight MH370 has discovered 58 hard objects inconsistent with the Indian Ocean seab...
Massive extinct volcano discovered beneath Pacific OceanScientists, at the University of New Hampshire (UNH), on a seafloor mapping mission found a new seamount near the Johnson Atoll in the Paci...