Scientists uncover surprising evidence that the Kerguelen hotspot, responsible for the 5,000-kilometer-long Ninetyeast Ridge, ...

Researchers took advantage of a rare chance to explore a new expanse of seafloor exposed by the breakup of an Antarctic ice ...

In January, a giant piece of ice broke off from an Antarctic ice shelf, revealing a seafloor ecosystem that has never been accessible to humans. What scientists found was both stunning and surprising, ...

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

Elon Musk took such a massive financial hit Monday that his friend President Donald Trump is now moonlighting as a car salesman. “To Republicans, Conservatives, and all great Americans, Elon ...

The island is located at a ridge-crest intersection ... significant deformation around its boundaries due to sea-floor ...

The study, published in Nature, could help doctors find better ways to prevent cancer from spreading (metastasis) and develop more effective treatments. However, scientists warn that aspirin can ...

Scientists have uncovered how the cheap painkiller aspirin can help stop cancers from spreading. Studies of people with cancer have previously observed that those taking daily low-dose aspirin ...

The team did this on the sea floor, and the footage also shows how shocked the men were in the sub. Spotting the shark swimming around it, one of them said: "Oh, wow!" "Look at the width of that ...

Connon said the sonar paints a picture of everything on the sea floor. "Looking for habitats, even new corals we don't know about could be wrecks that haven't been discovered," he said.

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 ...