With the discovery of plate tectonics and the mapping of the earth into about 12 plates, plus the understanding that plates' movement caused earthquakes, Alfred Wegener's idea of "continental ...

This reduction, mostly resulting from a global slowdown in seafloor spreading, caused ocean basins ... if the entire East ...

Between 15 million and 6 million years ago, deepening of Earth’s ocean basins may have caused a sea level change of similar magnitude, but in the opposite direction. (Image credit: NASA) ...

For decades, scientists have had better maps of the Moon and Mars than of Earth’s own ocean floor. But thanks to NASA’s Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite, a groundbreaking new ...

Mapping the seafloor isn't the SWOT mission's primary purpose. Launched in December 2022, the satellite measures the height of water on nearly all of Earth's surface, including the ocean ...

Earth bubbles and broils beneath Axial Seamount ... Axial is a factory for new ocean crust. The seafloor spreads out as molten rock emerges, reshaping the deep-sea landscape with each eruption.

With the discovery of plate tectonics and the mapping of the earth into about 12 plates, plus the understanding that plates' movement caused earthquakes, Alfred Wegener's idea of "continental ...