Scientists uncover surprising evidence that the Kerguelen hotspot, responsible for the 5,000-kilometer-long Ninetyeast Ridge, ...

The letter did not say. Along with carbon dioxide, these volcanoes and the 40,000-miles of mid-ocean mountain ridges pump enormous amounts of heat into the ocean; we don’t have a good handle on ...

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What's at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, and how do we know? How deep does the ocean go? We'll answer these questions and more in this deep dive into the world's oceans. Come on in: The water's ...

Many researchers have posited that the chemistry needed to start life on this planet began at mid-ocean ridges, where tectonic plates have moved apart. This activity sometimes creates hydrothermal ...

A fishing village in southwest Iceland was evacuated Tuesday after lava began spewing from a volcanic eruption, the eighth to ...

REYKJAVIK - A fishing village in south-west Iceland was evacuated on April 1 after a series of earthquakes signalled a volcanic eruption could be imminent, authorities and media said.

Image in public domain. In some areas, the plates move away from each other, forming new bits of crust, as seen at mid-ocean ridges. In other areas, called convergent boundaries, one plate dives ...