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In May 2018, the island of Mayotte, between Madagascar and Mozambique, began to experience a series of earthquakes that led ...

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Bathymetry of the seafloor around the Southeast Indian Rift where two tectonic plates abruptly opened a portal to the ...

Earth was once covered by a global magma ocean, which later cooled and crystallised – now traces of this primordial event ...

The global distribution of previously documented calderas. (Verolino et al., Commun. Earth Environ., 2026) Deep beneath the ...

The combined impact of a strong El Niño and climate change has officially pushed ocean surface temperatures past the record ...

Beneath the ocean’s surface, an unseen system works without pause. Tiny microbes drift through the water, breaking down ...

The collapse of one of Earth's most important ocean currents may already be locked in, according to an ominous new study.

When we look at Earth from space today, we see a pale blue dot—a planet dominated by vast oceans that shimmer under the sunlight. But what if our oceans weren't always blue? According to recent ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Earth's oceans, known for their deep blue hue, could one day undergo ...