New deep-sea measurements show how the ocean floor forms

The first-known direct observations of a seafloor spreading event at a mid-ocean ridge in the Indian Ocean are presented in ...
Nature

Ocean floor witnessed splitting apart for the first time — releasing lava

Scientists observed a mid-ocean ridge widen in real time, recording several metres of sea-floor motion and huge lava outflows ...

Scientists witness first-ever seafloor spreading event as 160 million cubic metres of lava create new ocean floor

For most of human history, the creation of new ocean floor has been something inferred rather than witnessed. Geologists ...

Scientists Discover 73 Volcanic Calderas Hidden Across The Ocean Floor

Deep beneath the ocean waves, dangers lurk. Not from cryptic monsters like the kraken, but from powerful forces reshaping the ...

The twilight zone: Every night trillions of tiny creatures rise from the ocean depths

In the ocean's twilight zone, where the reach of the Sun fades to nothing, an epic migration begins every time night falls. It could also have an outsized effect on our climate.
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They mapped the ocean floor and discovered more than 19,000 ancient volcanoes hiding in the dark, and the scale of what still lies beneath is adding urgency to one …

A project to chart the deep ocean just revealed 19,000 hidden ancient volcanoes, and still nearly three-quarters of the ...
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Scientists find 73 volcanoes across the ocean floor - and some could erupt at any moment

Scientists have discovered 73 previously unknown volcanoes hidden across the ocean floors.

Less than 30% of Earth’s ocean floor has been mapped while scientists still have clearer high-resolution data of Mars than most of the seabed covering our own pla…

Less than 30% of the world’s ocean floor has been mapped to modern standards, meaning scientists still have a clearer view of ...
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Scientists want to pump carbon into a hole at the bottom of the ocean in a $60 million pilot project to help stop climate change

A major solution to the climate crisis may lie at the bottom of the ocean. Across the planet, basalt rock deposits on the sea floor have the potential to trap carbon dioxide, removing the ...
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They drilled into the ocean floor across 3 oceans and pulled up 40,000 ancient fragments, and the creature they traced back 104 million years is one almost nobod…

Scientists pulled 40,000 fossil spine fragments from the deep ocean floor and traced sea urchins living there for 104 million ...

Mysterious golden orb discovered on the ocean floor near Alaska is identified over 2 years later

Huzzah! The mystery of an unidentified golden object that had been discovered on the ocean floor off Alaska’s Pacific Coast ...