MANILA, Philippines — The “West Philippine Sea” label is back on Google Maps, according to a spokesperson from the tech firm on Thursday, May 1. The Philippine government initially welcomed ...

A Google Maps scan on Monday of the body of water directly west of the Philippines now shows a name once invisible to most users -- the West Philippine Sea. The Philippine government's preferred ...

If we were to make an elevation average of the Earth ... has set out to remedy this. Its goal? To map the whole ocean floor by the end of this decade. This goal is extremely ambitious.

It raised the base flood elevation ... to the flood zone map. That means any new construction project in the zone must have a ground floor that is seven feet higher than sea level to reduce ...

Map-maker Jeff Clark thinks the Sea to Sky region has it all. “As a cartographer, this thing checks all the boxes,” said Clark, 61. “It’s got mountains, it’s got fiords, it’s got ocean ...

the study was a “proof of concept” showing that sea lions can help us map the ocean floor. Angelakis added that such baseline knowledge of seabed habitats and the conditions that influence ...

Sea lions have become underwater camera operators in Australia to help scientists learn more about the animals' homes at the bottom of the ocean. Researchers enlisted endangered Australian sea ...

By attaching video cameras to sea lions' backs, researchers are not only learning about hyper-valuable endangered species habitat, but also expanding on their ability to map the ocean floor.

Scientists usually map parts of the ... In addition to insights into sea lion behavior, the videos provided the researchers with a rare perspective of the ocean floor. The scientists trained ...

However, she said the experiment was a “proof of concept” for the novel use of sea lions to map ocean floor habitats. “This approach lets us see how animals and their behaviours directly ...

It's a win-win, and it's why everything on iStock is only available royalty-free — including all Sea images and footage. What kinds of royalty-free files are available on iStock? How can you use ...