Purpose-driven inventors: Bringing the sea floor to the surface
Advances in technology are helping explorers fulfill their purpose: Mapping the ocean floor in tiny detail for the first time.
The Gulf of Mexico’s long history of colonization and varying names
Long before Trump expressed interest in a name change, conquerors have battled to claim the wealth of its rich waters.
The North Sea Is a Graveyard of Unexploded Bombs. Can Scientists Defuse the Threat Before It’s Too Late?
Since the close of World War II, more than 115 people have died from encounters with unexploded ordnance in the North Sea—but ...
Newly discovered undersea structures stun scientists: ‘Is there a lost world beneath the Pacific Ocean?’
According to scientists from the California Institute of Technology and Swiss research university ETH Zurich, a new method ...
Why stop at Gulf of Mexico? Our maps are full of foreign names and languages | Mark Woods
Why stop at Gulf of America? Our maps are full of foreign names and languages — including a Palm Beach resort with a Spanish ...
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Oceans Are the Real Continents
Filmed with marvelous attention to subtle contrasts possible in its monochromatic palette, the frames brim with a built-in ...
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Mapping Antarctica: The journey to charting the frozen continent
A detailed map of Antarctica, once thought impossible, has become a reality. The continent, the last great wilderness on ...
‘Oceans Are the Real Continents’ Review: A Lush and Lyrical Vision of Contemporary Cuba in Black and White
There is a ravishing kind of beauty in Tommaso Santambrogio’s lyrical triptych of contemporary Cuban life, “Oceans Are the ...
Scientists Found Ancient Tectonic Plates in the Middle of Continents—Where They Shouldn't Be
The researchers theorize that these far-off remnants could either be deposits of silica-rich material that have hung around ...
Trump's bid to rename Gulf of Mexico to the ‘Gulf of America.’ Can he do that?
US President-elect Donald Trump announces plans to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, citing the US's ...
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Satellites map Earth's ocean floors in unprecedented detail
A newly-deployed satellite has created the most-detailed map yet of the ocean floor, finding hundreds of hills and underwater ...
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Ajay Bhalla named new Manipur Governor; Arif Mohammed Khan shifted to Bihar
So, while he has been shifted to Bihar, the incumbent Bihar Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar has been named the new Governor of Kerala. A former chief of the Indian Army, Gen. Singh ...