and north through the Pacific Ocean. Running along the top of this chain of mountains is a deep crack, called a rift valley. It is here that new ocean floor is continuously created. As the two ...

After suspecting the presence of a series of underwater volcanoes near the Cook Islands, researchers have now mapped out the ...

But why map the ocean floor at all, instead of focusing on other ... Martin Jakobsson – Co-Head of Seabed 2030’s Arctic and ...

The prehistoric seafloor was found at the East Pacific Rise, a tectonic boundary on the floor of ... of the Pacific Ocean and beyond, with a goal to create a more comprehensive map of ancient ...

Preliminary reports from the U.S. Tsunami Warning System said tsunami waves were possible for coastlines within about 190 miles of the earthquake’s epicenter, including those on Tonga. The system ...