Around 14,500 years ago, toward the end of the last ice age, melting continental ice sheets drove a sudden and cataclysmic ...

By determining which ice sheets melted to create a colossal increase in sea levels 14,500 years ago, scientists hope to enable better predictions of ...

Experts have been working on mapping the ocean floor with traditional methods, sending ships across the water with sonar ...

An ocean may in time develop from a rift in the Afar Triangle, in the Horn of Africa which will be close to America.

At the top of the world, there is a sea—the remains of one, at least. The summit rocks of Mount Everest, the highest ...

More accurate maps based on data from the SWOT mission can improve underwater navigation and result in greater knowledge of how heat and life move around the world's oceans.

More precise maps created using data from the SWOT mission can enhance underwater navigation and provide deeper insights into ...

A couple of days after a 5.0 magnitude earthquake hit in the Northwest United States, another sizable earthquake has rattled ...

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory continues to monitor Hawaiian volcanoes for any changes and reports that aftershocks ...

HAWAII ISLAND, Hawaii (Island News) -- A 4.4 magnitude earthquake struck off Ocean View on Hawaii Island; no tsunami warnings ...