Tharp’s maps, and the evidence they provided, became a cornerstone of the modern understanding of geology. Her work proved ...

Scientists recently discovered a strange golden orb at the bottom of the ocean. Now, this intriguing find has sparked a lot ...

Nearly three-fourths of Earth is covered by oceans, making the planet look like a pale blue dot from space. But Japanese ...

As well as the basalt that is erupted into the valley and injected into the rocks below to create new ocean floor, sedimentary rocks will also be deposited within the rift valley. At first the rift ...

As the magma cooled it forced the existing sea-floor away from the Rift on either side. This theory accounted for and united several separate puzzles in marine geology: the youth of the ocean ...

In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, thousands of miles from any continent, Easter Island rises out of the sea. Its surface ...

canyons and complex ocean floor geology under the mud,” says Arai. The origins of his project date back to 2011, when a research team from the University of Tokyo reported abundant rare-earth ...

Being a geophysicist can sometimes feel like being a detective —uncovering clues, and then building a case based on the evidence.