About 700 million years ago, Earth was entombed in a veneer of ice hundreds of feet thick—a frozen state scientists refer to ...
A hidden “tear” beneath the continents may have been fueling oceanic volcanoes for millions of years, study reveals.
Researchers have discovered that chemical reactions in underwater hydrothermal vents could have produced the necessary ...
Narrow bands of ocean covering just over one-third of the world's seas are responsible for absorbing nearly three-quarters of ...
The surface of our world has been in a constant state of flux for millions of years. Continents have wandered, oceans have ...
Mass extinction events throughout Earth’s history are characterized as significant disruptions to life on the planet. There ...
A giant underwater canyon system in the Atlantic appears to have formed through tectonic forces rather than erosion.
Earth froze over 717 million years ago. Ice crept down from the poles to the equator, and the dark subglacial seas suffocated ...
The planet that appears so steady beneath our feet is, in reality, subtly reorienting itself in space. As ice melts, oceans ...
What comes to mind when you think of the ocean? Maybe a day at the beach — swimming in the waves, snorkeling through coral reefs, fishing, surfing, and sunsets that kiss the blue horizon. But Earth’s ...