Never let a good crisis go to waste.” This is a quote widely attributed to the late British statesman Winston Churchill, ...
History is full of scientific ideas that sounded absurd, offended common sense, or clashed with powerful institutions, only ...
The discovery of organisms that have been alive for many thousands of years requires a revolution in how we understand life ...
Why has the seafloor around Bermuda been mysteriously high for tens of millions of years, long after its volcanoes went ...
Earthquakes can also occur within a single tectonic plate, thus occurring on land rather than at sea. Since earthquakes ...
For years, João Duarte has puzzled over a seemingly boring underwater expanse off the coast of Portugal. In 1969, this site spawned a massive earthquake that rattled the shore and sparked a tsunami.
An international team has made a significant breakthrough in understanding the tectonic evolution of terrestrial planets. Using advanced numerical models, the team systematically classified for the ...
An international team led by researchers from the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at The University of Hong Kong ...
The geology of the ocean floor is truly spectacular — perhaps even more than land geology. Unfortunately, it's really hard to study.
The Bermuda archipelago is actually resting on a 20-kilometer underplate that gives it enough lift to rise well above sea ...