ocean floor

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The wreck was discovered on the ocean floor in 1985 by a team led by Dr Robert Ballard.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Shedding talent and salary gave Boston financial flexibility—but it also seemed to portend a season of knocking around the NBA’s ocean floor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

By combining data from land based seismic stations and ocean floor instruments installed at the underwater volcano Kolumbo, located 7 km from Santorini, the team reconstructed what was happening deep below the surface.

From Science Daily • Feb. 17, 2026

Contractors like Transocean and Valaris own and operate rigs that oil companies hire to drill beneath the ocean floor, often under multi-year contracts.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

Now I can see that those streaks of light are actually glowing trains, racing across the ocean floor.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston