In the early 1950s, Marie Tharp began connecting dots to map the ocean floor, using sonar technology. Sonar detects underwater objects by timing the echo of a soundwave and was originally ...

Sonar sent sound waves to the ocean floor and measured how long it took for the waves to bounce back, giving scientists their ...

A potential breakthrough in the 87-year-old mystery surrounding Amelia Earhart’s disappearance almost vanished like the trailblazing aviator herself while the adventurers who captured it investigated ...

Now, having served 10 years in prison, a judge has ended the civil charge. However, that doesn't mean that Thompson is going ...

Deep Sea Vision (DSV), a South Carolina-based firm, released a sonar image and said it was ... of the Pacific Ocean floor, “more than all previous searches combined”. DSV said it is keeping ...

A World War Two ship torpedoed by Adolf Hitler has been discovered along the coast of Rio De Janeiro using sonar imaging.

Sonar technology emits sound vibrations into the water, then records the echoes of that sound off various distant objects. This method is useful for mapping the ocean floor and detecting ...

The US Coast Guard has released a new audio recording that appears to capture the Titan submersible’s final moments before it imploded, killing all five people on board.

The loudest and most disruptive anthropogenic ocean sounds come from military sonar, oil exploration and industrial shipping, and the Center is working to protect our marine life from each of these ...

The seamount rises 3,109 meters from the ocean floor, nearly four times the height ... aboard the research vessel R/V Falkor (too). Using sonar technology, scientists mapped the underwater ...