Chinese PLA-linked vessels map the Indian Ocean for submarine warfare. Beijing’s growing research activities in international waters are designed to expand undersea military operations, analysts say ...

INCOIS scientists map Indian Ocean floor to study currents Oceans play a critical role in both weather and climate prediction; due to vast economic benefits, it is essential to accurately forecast ...

June 8 was UN World Oceans Day, and this year's theme is "Wonder: Sustaining What Sustains Us." One researcher who has spent years exploring these wonders is Vicki Ferrini, a marine geophysicist and a ...

Another search has been launched to scour the ocean floor 1,200 miles off the ... A map showing the new ... MH370 have been found when they washed ashore on islands in the western Indian Ocean.

The Maldives has confirmed that a Chinese ocean research vessel, known to map the seabed for China's submarine operations, will be allowed to dock at its main port early next month, an upcoming ...

With more data, the gravity maps could be refined to reveal hundreds of thousands of previously unknown seamounts less than 3,300 feet (1 kilometer) high dotting the ocean floor. The one thing the ...

It’s said that humanity knows more about the surface of the Moon than the ocean floor. This is particularly the case in the Indian Ocean, which is among the least charted oceans in the world. During ...

Well, it turns out, for most of the planet’s surface — the ocean floor, that is — we don’t have very good maps. Researchers announced Friday that they’ve completed a map for just over ...

Chinese research vessels with ties to the People's Liberation Army are conducting sweeping surveys of the undersea floor in the Indian Ocean, collecting data that could be crucial in deploying ...