Tectonic plates under the Americas, Europe, and Africa are separating as the Atlantic Ocean grows wider. A 2021 study suggests atypically hot material, 410 miles underground, is rising and forcing the ...

A massive 37-million-year-old underwater canyon reveals the fossil trace of an ancient Atlantic tectonic boundary.

An upsurge of matter from deep beneath the Earth's crust could be pushing the continents of North and South America further apart from Europe and Africa, new research has found. The plates attached to ...

Iceland's unique position sits directly atop the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, where the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates are slowly drifting apart. 5 centimeters per year, creating a continuous zone ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

In March 2016, a research team dropped 39 seismometers to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean off the western tip of Africa, to listen for the rumblings of earthquakes near and far. A year later, they’ve ...

Earth's ocean floor is not just steadily pulling apart; new research reveals rapid, dynamic cracking along mid-ocean ridges.

39 Ocean Bottom Seismometers where deployed on the ocean floor across the Mid-Atlantic Ridge as part of the PI-LAB experiment. Credit: University of Southampton 39 Ocean Bottom Seismometers where ...