The SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) satellite, launched in December 2022, has mapped the seabed in just one year. This map, achieved with an 8-kilometer (approximately 5-mile ...

When Seabed 2030 launched in 2017, just six% of the ocean floor was properly mapped Understanding the ocean depths is crucial for everything from laying undersea cables and calculating tsunami ...

HONG KONG—China is rapidly expanding ocean exploration in waters far beyond its shores, sending out a fleet of vessels whose research offers Beijing valuable military intelligence as it expands ...

“We are pleased that Caspian Energy has chosen to partner with Geospace by selecting the Mariner, our latest slim profile seabed data acquisition node, to meet their operational and seismic data ...

SYDNEY -- Seabed mining critics worry that a recent agreement on research collaboration between the Cook Islands and China will focus on exploitation of seabed critical minerals rather than ...

Reports of unauthorized seabed dredging have surged following Indonesia’s decision to resume sea sand exports in 2023, raising environmental concerns and exposing weak marine law enforcement.