Recent research has shed light on a fascinating connection between ancient continental breakups and current volcanic activity ...

A Chinese team has become the first to explore theeastern Gakkel Ridge, an underwater volcanic chain buried beneath the ...

Water activities and miles of scenic hiking trails are accessible to all in this accommodating and historic town nestled in ...

We know surprisingly little about Earth’s deep seafloor – only a small percentage has been mapped in detail. There are better maps of the Moon’s surface than of the bottom of Earth’s ocean. Ships with ...

The human-occupied vehicle Alvin, during a dive on the East Pacific Rise, collected samples and recovered instruments placed at the vents during previous expeditions. Woods Hole, Mass (October 13, ...

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences provides scientists with a new tool for monitoring and predicting tectonic activity deep beneath the seafloor at mid-ocean ...

The Tentative Lists of States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to facilitate ...

ABSTRACT: The mid-ocean ridge serves as the epicenter of oceanic spreading. It generates the majority of the Earth’s magmas and is the birthplace of new oceanic crusts. However, our current ...

ABSTRACT: The mid-ocean ridge serves as the epicenter of oceanic spreading. It generates the majority of the Earth’s magmas and is the birthplace of new oceanic crusts. However, our current ...

Three hundred miles off the Oregon coast and 4,900 feet beneath the Pacific Ocean, Axial Seamount—one of the Pacific Northwest's most active submarine volcanos—is showing signs of eruption. Last ...

Andrew Wozniak, a chemical oceanographer at the University of Delaware, struggled to process what his eyes were taking in. Wozniak was parked on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean beneath nearly 1.6 ...