Scientists warn that the plate beneath Gibraltar arc will begin to shift toward the Atlantic within 20 million years.

Understanding the world’s most active seismic and volcanic belt for geography optional and Civil Services preparation.

In 1986, Kihachiro Aratake was diving off the coast of Yonaguni when he spotted a giant structure 25 meters below the surface ...

Led by James Head PhD’69 P’90, the project uses research on the moon to prepare for astronauts venturing to Mars.

Antarctica is covered by a miles-thick ice sheet, but was that always the case? And when was the coldest continent ice-free?

There’s one underlying reason that so many oil tankers and liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes pass through the strait, and that Middle East conflict shakes global energy markets. That reason is a ...

The King's Trough complex, about 1,000 kilometers (roughly 600 miles) off the coast of Portugal, is known as the 'Grand ...

A massive canyon hidden beneath the Atlantic Ocean has long baffled geologists. Scientists now believe they may finally understand what helped create it, and this findings help clarify how one of the ...

Moon shrinking: Earth's Moon is gradually shrinking as its interior cools, a process now believed to be occurring faster than previously thought. Scientists have identified lobate scarps, cliff-like ...

A team of scientists has investigated the so-called "Grand Canyon of the Atlantic": A huge underwater canyon extending 500 ...

Deep within Earth’s mantle lie two enormous regions, often referred to as "islands," which are the size of continents.