Scientists have discovered a previously undetected water mass in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean: a gigantic body ... Related: NASA's SWOT satellite maps nearly of all Earth's water (video ...

The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation, commonly referred to as the "AMOC," is a system of ocean currents confined ...

Still, there are other parts of the ocean that are even deeper, and many parts yet to be explored. About 71% of the Earth is covered in water and the average depth is 12,080 feet — which is ...

Researchers created a detailed physical model that suggests a major Atlantic Ocean current will weaken far less under climate change than indicated by more extreme climate model projections.

Tharp was a pioneering cartographer and geologist whose meticulous maps of the Atlantic Ocean floor revealed the unseen and ...

This part of the Atlantic, the Irminger Sea, is one of the stormiest places in the northern hemisphere. On Google Maps ... water—more underwater cataracts—and crawls through the depths of the ...

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is often referred to as a global conveyor belt, distributing warm and cool water ... temperature, depth and conductivity from the ocean.

They lived and worked with the crew last month as it mapped the Atlantic Ocean floor 1,500 ... The NOAA cruises used multibeam sonar to scan and map the ocean floor as part of a project titled ...