The U.S. wants to mine the deep sea. But economists warn that leaders aren't taking the full value of the oceans into account ...

Pupils could work to label a world map, showing the locations of the five oceans and could carry out research to find the approximate size of each, ranking these from largest to smallest.

The new maps show how interconnected the world’s waterways are—how far-flung rivers from different continents eventually reach the same ocean expanse. The ocean boundaries themselves are also ...

A world map showing changes in global photic zones between 2003 and 2022. Reds indicate regions where the oceans are getting darker, while blues indicate regions where oceans are getting lighter ...

Biogeographical regions of marine organisms, i.e., their distribution across different habitats, often overlap well with the major global ocean currents. The geological age of the currents plays a ...

Now, they’re back with a new set of maps showing the world's rivers divided into ocean drainage basins.

Only about 4% of the world's oceans remain undamaged by human activity, according to the first detailed global map of human impacts on the seas. A study in Science journal says climate change, fishing ...

These Satellite Maps Reveal Rampant Fishing by Untracked ‘Dark Vessels’ in the World’s Oceans Using satellite imagery and A.I., a new study finds about 75 percent of industrial fishing is ...

Finally, an Accurate World Map That Doesn't Lie We're long overdue for an accurate world map. Get the real story behind different map projections and see which one is the most accurate map of the ...

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 ...

How crowded are the oceans? New maps show what flew under the radar until now Advances in AI and satellite imagery allowed researchers to create the clearest picture yet of human activity at sea ...

By combining high-definition maps with sensors that detect changes in the water column, researchers have created a "centimeter-scale" picture of how currents and tides shape the Monterey Canyon.