It's no wonder that the bottom of the Arctic Ocean is considered to be one of Earth's last frontiers. Much of the year it is located under thick ice in a remote location, making it difficult and ...

Scientists probing volcanic rocks from deep under the frozen surface of the Arctic Ocean have discovered a special geochemical signature until now found only in the southern hemisphere. The rocks were ...

Boulder, Colo. — It's exciting to be the first scientist to observe a volcanic eruption on an ultraslow-spreading mid-ocean ridge, an event in and of itself that rarely occurs. Even better is ...

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The Gakkel Ridge, encased under the frozen Arctic Ocean, is steep and rocky, and scientists suspect its remote location hosts an array of undiscovered life. Researchers hope newly developed robots ...

Recent University of Delaware graduate Sierra Patterson’s interest in rocks began when she was a child and her great uncle would mail Patterson’s grandmother letters from his home in Arizona. With ...

Using prototypes of robots that could someday be used to explore the icy depths of Jupiter's moon Europa, an expedition to study the deepest, most isolated parts of the Arctic Ocean begins next week.

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ARLINGTON, Va.--The discovery that an ocean ridge under the Arctic ice cap is unexpectedly volcanically active and contains multiple hydrothermal vents may cause scientists to modify a decades-long ...

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Uncovering a rare, two-billion-year-old window into the Earth's mantle, geoscientists have found our planet's geological history is more complex than previously thought. The researchers went on a ...