Water is carried mantle by deep sea fault zones which penetrate the oceanic plate as it bends into the subduction zone. Subduction, where an oceanic tectonic…
Marine scientists working on the coral reefs of Palau have made two unexpected discoveries that could provide insight into corals' resistance and resilience to…
In spring 2010, the research icebreaker Polarstern returned from the South Pacific with a scientific treasure – ocean sediments from a previously almost…
The findings, which rely on more than three decades of atmospheric data and appear in the journal Nature, show new ways in which distant regional conditions…
Even if it’s one speared fish at a time, it finally appears that there’s a way to fight back.Scientists at Oregon State University, Simon Fraser University and…
Images gathered by University of Oregon scientists using seismic waves penetrating to a depth of 300 kilometers (almost 200 miles) report the discovery of an…