These anomalies are usually the result of a hard-to-discern mass — in this case, entire mountains sticking out of the ocean floor. "I was thinking one, maybe two, but to find four is incredible ...

The Humboldt Current that flows north along the Chilean coast delivers cool, nutrient-rich seawater that fuels the diversity of life found across the underwater mountain range. The Schmidt Ocean ...

Visit this stunning Art Nouveau town in Norway for architectural exploration, fjord cruises, water sports, and wildlife ...

These convergent boundaries also occur where a plate of ocean dives, in a process called subduction, under a landmass. As the overlying plate lifts up, it also forms mountain ranges. In addition ...

Ahead of COP16, an expedition to the Gorringe seamount, western Europe's largest underwater mountain, reveals threats facing ocean biodiversity ...

The deepest known area of the ocean is the Mariana Trench in the Pacific. It is nearly 11,000 metres deep. It is so deep that if you put Mount Everest, the world’s tallest mountain, at the ...

Guam-based science communicator Amanda Dedicatoria sets sail in a deep ocean exploration expedition. She is from the Guam ...

Five skiers glide down a breathtaking mountain slope in Northern Iceland, with the sparkling sea stretching out before them. Captured by Jökull Bergmann of Arctic Heli Skiing, this incredible ...

From the deepest ocean trench to the tallest mountain, plate tectonics explains the features and movement of Earth's surface in the present and the past. The theory of plate tectonics was ...