Researchers diving in a submersible in the eastern Pacific realized that the landscape they had studied the day before had ...

Mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORBs), located far from subduction zones, are typically thought to be unaffected by subduction processes. However, some MORBs display arc-like geochemical signatures ...

Researchers in a submersible could hardly believe their eyes, or their luck, when they saw a clearly active eruption along an undersea volcanic mountain chain.

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

Between about 12,000 to 6,000 years ago, spreading at the Mid-Atlantic Ocean ... ridge spreading by a consistent 2 centimeters every year for the past several million years. "That's a fairly well ...

At the same time, spreading at the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Ridge ... was largely steady—with the ridge spreading by a consistent 2 centimeters every year for the past several million years. “That’s a ...

Featuring everything from ancient stone circles to world-class museums and mighty castles, these photographs show the UK's ...

Real estate in New York City hit highs in 2024, while Los Angeles is dealing with the aftermath of devastating wildfires in ...