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Gigantic 'mud waves' buried deep beneath the ocean floor reveal dramatic formation of Atlantic when Africa and South America finally split
Enormous "mud waves" buried under the Atlantic seabed formed 117 million years ago as the Atlantic Ocean opened up.
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117-million-year-old deep-sea mud waves unlock Atlantic Ocean’s birth story
Now, researchers at the Heriot-Watt University have traced its formation event using 117-million-year-old “underwater mud ...
Scientists stunned as deep-sea camera captures elusive creature nearly 5,000 meters below the ocean's surface: 'The animal disappears from view'
A decade ago astrophysicists at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), operated by the California ...
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The Titanic's twin: Digitally exploring the famous shipwreck
The world's most famous shipwreck, the RMS Titanic, sits around 3800 metres below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean and is ...
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Scars of the sea: World’s first deep-sea mining still haunts the ocean floor
The Blake Plateau, an astonishing deep-sea mountain range, features striking pillars of marine life alongside humanity’s ...
Ancient 300-foot-tall mud waves gave rise to Atlantic Ocean
According to geologists at the UK’s Heriot Watt University, gigantic waves of mud and sand sediment about 250 miles off the ...
117 million-year-old mud waves reveal the birth of the Atlantic Ocean
Heriot-Watt scientists have discovered giant underwater mud waves buried deep below the Atlantic Ocean, 400 kilometers off ...
Only 0.001% of deep seafloor has been visually observed in 70 years, roughly equivalent to Rhode Island's area
In a study published today in Science Advances, researchers from the Ocean Discovery League reveal that only a minuscule ...
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Fishing fleets and deep sea miners converge in the Pacific
The search for critical minerals could put deep-sea mining and commercial fishing on a collision course.
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Gigantic 'mud waves' buried deep beneath the ocean floor reveal dramatic formation of Atlantic when Africa and South America finally split
The giant waves were found in sediment cores drilled from 0.6 mile (1 km) below the seabed about 250 miles (400 km) west of Guinea-Bissau in 1975, as part of the Deep Sea Drilling Project.