Far beneath the ocean’s surface stretches the world’s longest mountain range. It’s one of the world’s great mysteries, barely explored beyond mapping and involved in all kinds of seismic activity. The ...

Ocean scientists have discovered a number of mysterious holes in the seafloor that look human-made despite being located 2,540 meters (8,333 feet), or 1.6 mile underwater. The holes were discovered ...

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences provides scientists with a powerful new tool for monitoring and predicting tectonic activity deep beneath the seafloor at ...

Ken Sims, a professor in UW’s Department of Geology and Geophysics, recently received a $325,841 National Science Foundation grant to look at understanding the processes and timescales of basalt ...

Before the eruption, scientists saw a wide variety of ocean life around the Tica hydrothermal vent. Andrew Wozniak For the first time, scientists have witnessed an active seafloor volcanic eruption ...

An ancient, hidden mountain range has been discovered above a hotspot lying amongst the strongest ocean current on Earth. The discovery was made by researchers on board a voyage in the Southern Ocean, ...