Deep beneath Earth’s surface, researchers have discovered an ancient seafloor buried for millions of years. This unexpected ...

and north through the Pacific Ocean. Running along the top of this chain of mountains is a deep crack, called a rift valley. It is here that new ocean floor is continuously created. As the two ...

The prehistoric seafloor was found at the East Pacific Rise, a tectonic boundary on the floor of ... of the Pacific Ocean and beyond, with a goal to create a more comprehensive map of ancient ...

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.