New research from an international group looking at ancient sediment cores in the North Atlantic has for the first time shown a strong correlation between sediment changes and a marked period of ...

Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a new way to identify ...

Though perhaps not well known to the general public, Axial Seamount is considered a key window into Earth's geology. Axial is significant because it sits atop the Juan de Fuca Ridge, the region where ...

Scientists are nearly certain a new ocean is forming. Tectonic plates shifting in Africa could one day cause a new ocean to ...

The underwater volcano, Axial Seamount, off the coast of the Pacific Northwest is heading to eruption for the first time in a ...

A dangerous storm stretching 1,000 miles along the Eastern Seaboard will bring torrential rain to the Mid-Atlantic on Tuesday ...

The findings underline the urgency for humankind to pivot away from fossil fuels. Scientists make stunning discovery about ...

Deep beneath the waves of the Pacific Ocean, nearly a mile underwater, one of the most fascinating volcanoes in the world is ...

Our oceans are incredible scientific marvels, and there’s a lot to learn about these amazing bodies of water. You may have ...

A new review of ocean data suggests that more than 99.999 percent of the global deep seafloor has never been seen by humans.

Indirect mapping from sonar and other techniques allows you to “see” the mid-ocean ridges that host some of these vents. But ...

From a research submersible, scientists saw hardened lava, dead tube worms and orange flashes from an eruption in the East ...