When hundreds of eerily perfect circles were discovered on the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, theories abounded about what ...

His inventions are helping to map the ocean floor in detail for the first time. Photo by NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVEWORKS Today, Ved’s work is inspiring and enabling future talent as he leads a ...

This story appears in the September 2012 issue of National Geographic ... More finely detailed maps of the surface of Mars may exist than of the remotest parts of the ocean floor.

This story appears in the April 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. The map above is essentially an x-ray of the ocean, and the colors show where it’s feeling the most impact from human ...

Oceanxplorers, a new documentary series from National Geographic, invites us to dive ... of the most remote and uncharted regions of the ocean. From the warm waters of the Caribbean to the frigid ...

Since National Geographic began making maps in 1915, it has recognized four ... to the north Extending from the surface to the ocean floor, the ACC transports more water than any other ocean ...

9 min read This story appears in the November 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine ... suit in which she descended 1,250 feet to the ocean floor. She then spent about two hours exploring ...