Born on July 30, 1920, geologist and cartographer Tharp changed scientific thinking about what lay at the bottom of the ocean – not a featureless flat, but rugged and varied terrain.

This reduction, mostly resulting from a global slowdown in seafloor spreading, caused ocean basins to deepen. In the new work, the researchers considered various possible initial conditions for ...

This reduction, mostly resulting from a global slowdown in seafloor spreading, caused ocean basins to deepen. In addition, the researchers calculated that heat flowing into the ocean from the hot ...

Seventy-one percent of the planet is covered by ocean. If we were to make an elevation average of the Earth’s surface, we’d be 2,000 meters (almost 6,600 feet) below the sea. This vast expanse ...

The Floor is supposed to be a game show with 100 everyday people competing in their expert categories in order to win $250,000. However, fans have noticed lately that reality TV stars, actors, and ...

Many creatures do this by burrowing, and those under the seafloor are no exception. Bioturbation affects the way that nutrients cycle through sediments in an ecosystem, and, in turn, how the ...

Little is known about the ecosystems in these environments and even less about bioturbation (the reworking of seafloor sediments by inhabiting organisms), which is a key process that affects ...

Welcome to the United Kingdom of 2029. Nigel Farage, having scraped a majority of parliamentary seats at the general election, summons reporters to a press conference at Downing Street. His desk ...

A study led by NASA and NOAA has found that California is sinking in some areas, which means the projected sea level rise for parts of Los Angeles and San Francisco has doubled.

In what may be the world's first-ever recorded sighting, a black seadevil — anglerfish known for living thousands of feet beneath the ocean's surface where the light no longer touches — was ...

A scary-looking creature with “devil” in its name was spotted close to the surface off Tenerife, a Spanish island. By Victor Mather Strange things live in the depths of the ocean. Even the ...