Maximum Wave Height (210 kB PDF) Travel Time (280 kB PDF) These maps show modeled maximum wave height (top) and travel time (lower) for the Indian Ocean Tsunami of December 26, 2004. Although the ...

Even the oceans aren’t level. Hidden beneath the swells, Earth’s gravity subtly rises and falls—leaving a quiet “dip” in the ...

Singapore researchers have helped to chart one of the most under-explored regions of the Indian Ocean. About 8,000 square kilometres of seafloor were successfully mapped during an undersea mission.

Until the 1950s, scientists didn't have a clear understanding of what the seafloor looked like. Geologist Marie Tharp turned years of data into easily digestible maps. She also discovered the ...

Despite all the deep-sea expeditions and samples taken from the seabed over the past 100 years, humans still know very little ...

SCIENTISTS have unveiled a new 3D map of the Indian Ocean floor that could help find missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. Take a look. Underwater mapping experts Walter Smith and Karen Marks of the ...

Two decades ago, as thousands of vacationers scattered across the sunlit shores of Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka on Christmas getaways, a mighty force rattled the depths of the ocean floor just ...

The robotic mini-submarine deployed to the Indian Ocean floor to hopefully find Malaysia Flight 370 made a premature return to the surface today after exceeding its maximum depth. The Bluefin 21 is ...

Open-source, ship-tracking data showed China has recently sent three research vessels to the Indian Ocean to survey the strategic waters that border its competitor India. All three vessels were ...

PERTH, Australia, April 19 (Reuters) - A U.S. Navy deep-sea drone is diving to unprecedented depths to scour a remote stretch of the Indian Ocean floor for a missing Malaysian jetliner as the ...