It is here that new ocean floor is continuously created. As the two sides of the mountain move away from each other, magma wells up from the Earth's interior. It then solidifies into rock as it is ...

It is often said that humanity has explored outer space more extensively than the depths of the oceans—but a team funded by NASA is working to change that ...

President Trump signed an order Thursday aimed at making it easier for companies to mine the ocean floor. Scientists and ...

The team focused on three types of underwater features ... SWOT will continue to collect data on ocean currents, map the ocean floor and assess global freshwater availability throughout the ...