The abyssal plains of the world's ocean(s) show very little topographic difference ... The other half of the magic happens at mid-oceanic ridges. The British Challenger expedition detected ...

Experts have been working on mapping the ocean floor with traditional methods, sending ships across the water with sonar ...

The discovery that helium and iron can mix at the temperatures and pressures found at the center of Earth could settle a long-standing debate over how our planet formed.

Each year, about 4.4 pounds (2 kilograms) of helium-3 leaks out of mid-ocean ridges where the crust is ... there is more work to be done to show that the same interpretation can be applied to ...

Abstract: Mid-ocean ridges, seamounts, and back-arc basins are focal points ... respectively. The experimental results show that the method can fully mine the acoustic and magnetic properties of the ...

Scientists uncover surprising evidence that the Kerguelen hotspot, responsible for the 5,000-kilometer-long Ninetyeast Ridge, ...

Despite centuries of exploration, the Earth still hides many secrets beneath its oceans. One of these mysteries was uncovered ...

But fish stocks worldwide have fallen by half since 1970, surveys show. Populations of the largest ... “We’ve got deep-sea fish, mid-ocean fish, and reef fish, all interacting at the surface ...