In the arid deserts of Ethiopia, a geological marvel has been quietly unfolding since 2005—a 35-mile-long fissure known as ...

An international team looks back 12 million years for clues about the formation of these vast areas where ... according to Boston College Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences ...

New reports have uncovered shocking details about the formation of the world’s sixth ocean!250 million years ago, the ...

In previous models, Charon formed in a similar fashion to Earth's moon: The theory goes ... other distant objects have developed underground oceans over eons. "Eight out of 10 of the largest ...

The Geological Society of London says of Africa’s severing: ‘Today the EAR remains above sea level however in the future, as extension continues along the rift, the rift valley will sink lower and ...

There might be a type of exoplanet without dry land. They're called "Hycean" worlds, a portmanteau of "hydrogen" and "ocean." ...

A new study finds that the rate of ocean warming has more than quadrupled over the past 40 years—and pinpoints why. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey / Grist Posted Yesterday This story was originally ...

Earth’s oceans caught a fever in March 2023 that has yet to break. Since then, the bathwater-like conditions have killed corals in a record-breaking mass bleaching event, fueled hurricanes, and ...

A new study has unveiled the key mechanisms that preserve organic carbon in the ocean—a poorly understood but vital process, which influences the Earth’s climate, carbon cycles, and formation of ...