Among this landscape, the Ninetyeast Ridge is one of the most impressive features. It stretches over 5,000 kilometers beneath the Indian Ocean, making it the Earth’s longest linear volcanic ridge.

The underwater volcano, Axial Seamount, off the coast of the Pacific Northwest is heading to eruption for the first time in a ...

The record-breaking mission offers an unprecedented opportunity to study the geology of our planet’s largest layer.

As the last Ice Age came to an end nearly 10,000 years ago, something unexpected happened deep beneath Earth’s surface. Large ...

Melting glaciers 10,000 years ago sped up continental drift and volcanic activity, a process that could repeat as modern ice ...

This research is published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters. The team analyzed Mo isotopes in fresh basalts from the South Atlantic mid-ocean ridge (15–24°S). They discovered heavy Mo ...