It tells us, for example, that there are seven continents on Earth ... This resulted in the formation of a thick continental crust in the ocean, which has now been declared a newly discovered ...

A new autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) imaged a previously unexplored portion of the seafloor in ultra-deep waters near ...

The vertical movement of the mantle is one of the driving forces that brings about large-scale geological changes to the ...

An original letter from Thomas Jefferson sent from Annapolis in 1783, which advocates for the right to bear arms, will go up ...

Geologists from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how Earth's early continents ...

Rhythmic pulsing deep beneath landlocked east Africa is literally tearing the continent apart. But while the effects won’t ...

Passive ocean acoustic waveguide remote sensing (POAWRS) employs a large aperture coherent hydrophone array system to provide instantaneous wide-area (~100 km diameter region) remote sensing and ...

The canyons fishery described here is repeated along the western margins of all major ocean basins. The Gulf Stream is a western-boundary current of the Atlantic Ocean. In the Pacific, the Kuroshio ...

Key Characteristics of Continental Cuisine: Continental cuisine places heavy emphasis on proteins like chicken, beef, pork, and seafood, accompanied by sides such as mashed potatoes, sauteed ...

The near-bottom water on the U.S. Northeast continental shelf provides a critical cold-water habitat for the rich regional marine ecosystem. This 'cold pool' preserves winter temperatures, even ...

Elsewhere in the Arctic Ocean, the U.S. and Canada have a longstanding dispute over territorial rights in the Beaufort Sea off the Alaska-Yukon border. That has affected some past U.S. oil lease sales ...

Credit: Tao Yuan and Shijie Zhong Melting glaciers 10,000 years ago sped up continental drift and volcanic activity, a process that could repeat as modern ice sheets melt. About 10,000 years ago, as ...