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

We know more about the Moon’s surface than Earth’s ocean floor — but that’s changing fast. A NASA-supported team used a ...

Earthquakes. A short video for 11-14 year old pupils, exploring tectonic activity and earthquakes and featuring case studies ...

Accurate seafloor maps are also important for an improved understanding of deep-sea currents and tides, which affect life in the abyss, as well as geologic processes like plate tectonics.

Researchers have discovered cratonic thinning occurring beneath North America, driven by the remnants of the Farallon Plate.

Maps help ships navigate around safety hazards ... and the movements of Earth’s tectonic plates, those massive puzzle pieces of Earth’s crust that shift over millions of years.

This earthquake was the result of a strike-slip fault movement along the Sagaing Fault line, which runs north to south within ...

Beneath the crust of North America, scientists have found that the deep roots of the continent are slowly dripping away in ...

Convection processes beneath Venus' scorched surface may help explain the planet's many volcanoes, a new study reports.

After suspecting the presence of a series of underwater volcanoes near the Cook Islands, researchers have now mapped out the ...

Experts have been working on mapping the ocean floor with traditional methods, sending ships across the water with sonar technology — sound waves that bounce off the bottom — to measure depth. But the ...

A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.7 centred in the Sagaing region near the Myanmar city of Mandalay caused extensive ...