Tag: Seafloor
Seafloor maps provide new information about 2015 eruption at Axial Seamount
Axial Seamount, a large underwater volcano about 470 kilometers (290 miles) offshore of the Oregon coast, is one of the most active volcanoes in...
Giant algal bloom sheds light on formation of White Cliffs of...
A great algae bloom at the bottom of the world is teaching scientists more about how an iconic symbol of the United Kingdom came...
‘Dirty Blizzard’ sent 2010 Gulf oil spill pollution to seafloor
Scientists working in the Gulf of Mexico have found that contaminants from the massive 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill lingered in the subsurface water...
New Seafloor Map Helps Scientists Find New Features
An international scientific team recently published a new map of the ocean floor based on Earth’s gravity field, and it is a particularly useful...
