Over 40,000 seamounts—undersea mountains that don't breach the ocean's surface—are scattered across the ocean floor. Some ...

University of New Hampshire scientists on a seafloor mapping mission have discovered a new seamount near the Johnson Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. The summit of the seamount rises 1,100 meters from the ...

New research reveals that deep mantle plumes may be responsible for thousands of underwater mountains across the ocean floor.

A new high-resolution simulation of Earth’s interior is reshaping how scientists explain the origin of tens of thousands of ...

A seamount, taller than previously believed. Unknown species and unexplored marine landscapes. The Pacific abyss conceals many secrets, and a scientific mission ventured into these depths to uncover ...

If there was a mountain in your backyard with no name, how long do you think it would stay that way? Not very long. Some intrepid explorer would climb it, map it, and name it. In the ocean, though, ...

A remotely operated diving vehicle is launched to explore the Caroline seamount in the western Pacific Ocean on Monday. ZHANG XUDONG/XINHUA ABOARD KEXUE－Chinese scientists began exploring a seamount ...

A recent meeting of the intergovernmental body that manages fisheries in the North Pacific Ocean failed to confer new protections for the Emperor Seamount Chain, a massive and richly biodiverse set of ...

Some 1,400 kilometers off the coast of Chile, rare deep-sea creatures drift along a garden of sponges and corals that grow along the flanks of a 3,100-meter-tall undersea mountain. A monthlong survey ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Here, a 3D view of the seamount area (southeast point of view and 3.5 times vertical exaggeration ...

Scientists on a seafloor mapping mission have discovered a new seamount near the Johnson Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. The summit of the seamount rises 1,100 meters from the 5,100-meter-deep ocean floor ...

ABOARD KEXUE - Chinese scientists began exploring a seamount called Caroline in the western Pacific Ocean for the first time on Monday, using a remotely operated diving vehicle to take measurements, ...