A recent study has pinpointed the origin of a 120-million-year-old 'super-eruption,' shedding new light on Earth's intricate ...

A new study reveals that less than 0.001% of the deep seafloor has been visually recorded, exposing major gaps in ocean ...

Matt Holden believes taking part in a 21-day expedition exploring the Pacific Ocean this summer is a great opportunity for his students to see him as a role model.

For ages, Earth has been known as a blue planet, a vision largely shaped by the vast oceans that cover three-quarters of its ...

Axial Seamount sits at a geological crossroads, fueling some of the most intense undersea action in the region.

Geologists led by the University of Maryland and the University of Hawaiʻi finally connected the dots between one of the ...

Earth's oceans could one day turn purple. Nearly three fourths of Earth is covered by oceans, making the planet look like a pale blue dot from space. But Japanese researchers have made a compelling ...

A new study traces a 120-million-year-old 'super-eruption' to its source, offering new insights into Earth's complex geological history.

In 1982, geologist Martin Hovland sat aboard a research ship owned by the Norwegian oil company Statoil (now Equinor) in the ...

That predictability has made Gofar an ideal place to study earthquake mechanisms, with a variety of data collected at the fault, including a number of small earthquakes measured on ocean bottom ...

A recent study reveals that slow ocean expansion 15-6 million years ago caused sea levels to change and drop by up to 30 ...