Experts have been working on mapping the ocean floor with traditional methods, sending ships across the water with sonar ...

More accurate maps based on data from the SWOT mission can improve underwater navigation and result in greater knowledge of how heat and life move around the world's oceans.

Plate tectonic theory shows that the crust of the ... moving at about the same speed as your fingernails grow, so the map of the world will continue to change, but just very, very, very slowly.

A new World Bank report charts a path to high-income status by 2047, but the journey demands seismic shifts: a near-doubling of investment rates, aggressive financial reforms, and a rethink of trade ...

The map above, based on the most recent data from the U.S. Geological Survey, displays the world's major deposits ... the material is found. Due to tectonic plate movements that create favorable ...

Created as a hub for Asian art, the fair is succeeding at drawing more galleries and works from India and other parts of Asia ...

One of the world's deepest and most dangerous caves lies in Abkhazia, a disputed part of Georgia. It takes days to get to the ...

Not all Californian coastal areas are moving lower. The Santa Barbara groundwater basin, which has been continuously ...

The mantle transition zone (MTZ), which occurs 410–670 kilometers below Earth's surface, may store several oceans' worth of water. This water, which is carried to such depths by subducting tectonic ...

At the top of the world, there is a sea—the remains of one, at least. The summit rocks of Mount Everest, the highest ...

A NASA-led study has pinpointed parts of one of America's most populous states which are sinking into the ocean, including ...