Experts have been working on mapping the ocean floor with traditional methods, sending ships across the water with sonar ...
The Arctic Ocean is more than just icy waters, it harbors vibrant ecosystems — but it also harbors valuable oil, gas, and ...
The studied rocks were collected from the Gakkel Ridge near the North Pole and the ... centered on a group of rocks collected from the seafloor that possessed unusual geochemical properties.
“Tharp’s work certainly provided evidence and weight to the theory of plate tectonics, but her work is really about seafloor ...
In 2022, researchers aboard the E/V Nautilus made a discovery on the floor of the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii. While surveying the Liliʻuokalani Ridge in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, ...
"Seafloor mapping is key in both established and emerging economic ... Abyssal hills form in parallel bands, like the ridges ...
If the entire East Antarctic Ice Sheet—including Denman Glacier, pictured here—melted today, sea level would rise by about 36 meters. Between 15 million and 6 million years ago, deepening of ...
They suggested that as new sea-floor crust was formed around the rift in the midocean ridge, it magnetized differently, depending upon the polarity of the planet at that time. This supported the ...
"Seafloor mapping is key in both established ... Abyssal hills form in parallel bands, like the ridges on a washboard, where tectonic plates spread apart. The orientation and extent of the bands ...