In the mid-20th century, when people looked at a map of the world, they saw the familiar continents surrounded by vast, ...

It’s one of the five oceans that cover nearly three-quarters of the Earth. The Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Southern and Arctic. Although the water looks calm and still from outer space ...

On a practical level, the maps can help submarines navigate more safely through previously mysterious ocean terrains. They can also inform the precarious work of laying down and repairing ...

The International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean (IBSCO) has taken five years to compile and update this map, which was first published in 2013. An international team of scientists ...

like the Arctic Ocean, is very cold. Pupils could work to label a world map, showing the locations of the five oceans and could carry out research to find the approximate size of each, ranking ...

NGM MAPS. Source: “spatial and temporal changes ... software to make a complete portrait of human effects on the ocean. Five years later they did it again, capturing a comprehensive view of ...