In 2022, researchers aboard the E/V Nautilus made a discovery on the floor of the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii. While surveying the Liliʻuokalani Ridge in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National ...

The speed at which new ocean floor is created varies from one location on the ocean ridge to another ... At the East Pacific rise, which is pushing a plate into the west coast of South America ...

The Pacific is the largest and the deepest ocean on our planet, stretching over 60 million square miles; that's close to 30% of Earth's entire surface area. The ocean connects the continents of North ...

Marie Tharp, studying echo soundings, discovers that the Mid-Atlantic Ridge conceals a long rift ... and spreads laterally to form new ocean crust, a process he calls seafloor spreading.

Researchers have discovered an "unexpected" accumulation of the radioactive isotope beryllium-10, deep underneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean. The team hopes their discovery could serve as an ...

These zones include: the Pacific Ring of Fire around the Pacific Ocean the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a mid-ocean ridge that extends along the floor of the Atlantic Ocean southern Europe There are ...