When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The largest ocean basin is the Pacific, followed by the Atlantic, Indian, Southern and the Arctic ...

The idea that Earth has seven continents may need a serious update. In recent years, a large group of geologists has gathered enough evidence to support the recognition of an eighth. It’s called ...

Beneath the southern oceans lies an entire sunken world. Scientists have discovered that the Kerguelen Plateau is not just a ...

A hidden chunk of an ancient tectonic plate is stuck to the Pacific Ocean floor and sliding under North America, complicating ...

Millions of years from now, Northern Africa could be home to a new ocean as tectonic plates pull apart along the East African Rift System, scientists say. Experts have long known that portions of the ...

How could a continent with a surface area of almost 5 million square kilometers, larger than India or almost two-thirds the size of Australia, remain absent from maps and ignored by the scientific ...

West-east near-surface current trend between 1993-2022. Blue colors show increased westward currents; red colors show increased eastward currents. The largest trends are observed in the central ...