A seamount nearly twice the height of the world’s tallest building has been discovered on the ocean floor near Guatemala — and serves as a biodiversity hot spot. CNN values your feedback 1.

Flying spaghetti monsters and other rare species hidden in the mountain. The seamount, which supports a "thriving" ecosystem, is 1.9 miles tall, making it taller than five One World Trade Centers ...

"A seamount over 1.5 kilometers tall which has, until now, been hidden under the waves really highlights how much we have yet to discover," Jyotika Virmani, the executive director of Schmidt Ocean ...

Technically Portugal's tallest mountain, the decision to protect Gorringe will take the nation's total protected territorial ...

Schmidt Ocean Institute. New seamount and previously unknown species discovered in high priority area for international marine protection. Posted online August 28, 2024. About Jake Buehler.

Scientists on a seafloor mapping mission have discovered a new seamount near the Johnson Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. The summit of the seamount rises 1,100 meters from the 5,100-meter-deep ocean ...

Seamounts are submerged mountains largely believed to be “remnants of extinct volcanoes,” according to NOAA Ocean Exploration. To be classified as a seamount, the summits must tower at least ...

The seamount is most likely a remnant of an extinct volcano, as most seamounts are, according to NOAA Ocean Exploration, a federal program that is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...