This supported the theory that Harry Hess had put forth, that the ocean progressivley widens as new sea floor is created along a crack that follows the crest of midocean ridges. In 1966 ...

In a study published today in Science Advances, researchers from the Ocean Discovery League reveal that only a minuscule ...

Yu also highlighted the discovery of abyssal hills — parallel ridges formed by tectonic activity — which cover a whopping 70% of the ocean floor ... Stay across all the latest in celebrity ...

These satellites, originally launched in 2013 to study Earth’s magnetic ... properties of the ocean’s water column, as well ...