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Sonar images released by investigators showed the boat resting on the seabed, roughly 120 feet below the surface, in an area characterized by rocky terrain, strong currents, and challenging underwater conditions.—
James Ward,
USA Today,
18 July 2026 The untethered AUVs hover above the seabed instead of dragging equipment across it, reducing sediment disturbance and limiting ecosystem disruption.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
15 July 2026 Here, exciting interactive exhibitions reveal the fascinating story of how oil and gas beneath the seabed reshaped Norway’s fortunes.—
Joanne Shurvell,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2026 The seafloor dropped about four meters (13 feet), the plates pulled apart by more than one meter (three feet), and up to 160 million cubic meters of lava—the volume of more than 60 Great Pyramids of Giza—erupted onto the seabed.—
Sam MacDonald,
Scientific American,
8 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for the seabed