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The sound waves of a fin whale song is loud enough to penetrate Earth’s crust and assist with mapping the ocean floor, a new study has found. The findings turn what is normally an annoyance i… ...
Well, it turns out, for most of the planet’s surface — the ocean floor, that is — we don’t have very good maps. Researchers announced Friday that they’ve completed a map for just over ...
Newport's Ocean to Bay Trail is a roughly five-mile journey from Agate Beach State Recreation Site to Yaquina Bay, and is accessible and enjoyable for all ages. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...
The mysteries of the deep ocean have long tantalized human curiosity. Until recently, much of the ocean floor remained uncharted, a vast, dark expanse of ... Read more The post Scientists Map the ...
Earthquake scientists studying a fault off Oregon’s coast have figured out a new way to map the layers of sediment and rock under the ocean floor. They did it using whale song inadvertently ...
Oregon believes it can be an international leader in combating ocean acidification. A state panel meets for the first time Jan. 25, 2018 in Newport.(Andrew Theen/Staff) ...
Newport's Ocean to Bay Trail is a roughly five-mile journey from Agate Beach State Recreation Site to Yaquina Bay. Opened in the early 2000s, the trail saw rejuvenation efforts about a year-and-a ...
Scientists are mapping the entire ocean floor as part of an ambitious project that could finally find the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. They will use state-of-the-art technology to explo… ...
Hot, mineral-laden seawater is gushing out of the ocean floor about 50 miles off the coast of Newport. It’s at the Cascadia Subduction Zone, in a site known as a seep.
Wolfel is the co-founder and CEO at Terradepth, a startup that is working to both map more of the ocean floor while also building a platform to make that data more accessible and easy to use.
Scientists work on new ways to map Earth's final frontier: the ocean floor Play 07:08 Close ×. Copy ... Researchers have found new methods to make detailed maps of the sea floor.
Scientists discovered a hole in the bottom of the ocean near Newport, Oregon was leaking a strange liquid. Calling the hole "Pythia's Oasis" in a study released on January 25, the liquid is supposed ...