Scientists say the topography of the ocean floor is less well known than the surfaces of Mars, Mercury or Venus and that charting the depth and shape of the seabed will help understand the impact ...

The world's largest volcano has been discovered on the floor of the Pacific Ocean. The volcano, 1,600 kilometres east of Japan and called the Tamu Massif, is the size of the British Isles.

Video: Experts on red alert for mega-earthquake off the US coast - after discovering a crack in 600-mile long fault line at the bottom of ... at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean could trigger ...

Study Reveals Acceleration in Pacific Upper-Ocean Circulation Over Past 30 Years, Impacting Global Weather Patterns Oct. 31, 2024 — A new study has revealed significant acceleration in the upper ...

Japan’s surveyors hope to find promising deposits of rare minerals in mud found at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. But with the Pacific Ocean’s seafloor amounting to 165 million square ...

A quirky science story emerged from the ocean depths in 2022 ... while exploring the ocean floor in the Papahānaumokuakea Marine National Monument in the Pacific Ocean west of Hawaii.

Scientists probing the bottom of the Pacific Ocean made a surprising discovery: animals living underneath the seafloor in an area with volcanic activity. Giant tubeworms, which are known as the ...

Scientists think they may have finally solved the mystery of unexplained noises coming from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. The eerie sounds were first heard coming from the Mariana Trench ...

a volcanically active ridge on the floor of the Pacific Ocean, in July of 2023. There, they sent a remotely operated robot on a series of dives to a hydrothermal vent site located 8,251 feet below ...

The study by Sweetman et al reveals that the life-giving gas can be generated on the ocean floor, where there is no sunlight and photosynthesis is not possible. The discovery was made on a stretch of ...

Cooler Pacific ocean temperatures could bring wetter conditions in the north and drier in the south and the potential for snow.