In the arid deserts of Ethiopia, a geological marvel has been quietly unfolding since 2005—a 35-mile-long fissure known as ...

A long-lost oceanic plate is diving deep into the mantle, dragging down the crust above, researchers say. However, the plate ...

At 4,000 miles long and 30–40 miles wide, the East African Rift (EAR) system is one of the geologic wonders of the world.

The Pliocene epoch, which lasted from 5.3 million to 2.6 million years ago, was a consequential time in Earth's history. The ...

New reports have uncovered shocking details about the formation of the world’s sixth ocean!250 million years ago, the ...

The formation’s resemblance to a human-built ... The research vessel is operated by the nonprofit Ocean Exploration Trust. OET has active outreach and public engagement components to its work ...

For the first time, researchers have found oceans help cool global temperatures more than anyone previously thought. Here's how it's happening.

In previous models, Charon formed in a similar fashion to ... that might also mean other distant objects have developed underground oceans over eons. "Eight out of 10 of the largest [Kuiper ...

The field encompasses ocean circulation, energy dissipation, marine biology, ecology, biogeochemical cycles, water mass formation and movement, ocean temperature and salinity, and marine carbon ...