Enormous "mud waves" buried under the Atlantic seabed formed 117 million years ago as the Atlantic Ocean opened up.

Located 1 kilometer (0.62 miles) below today’s seabed, the wavy sediments were formed during the Equatorial Atlantic Gateway ...

According to geologists at the UK’s Heriot Watt University, gigantic waves of mud and sand sediment about 250 miles off the ...

Heriot-Watt scientists have discovered giant underwater mud waves buried deep below the Atlantic Ocean, 400 kilometers off ...

The Atlantic Ocean may have formed millions of years earlier than previously thought, igniting a period of climate change, scientists found.

Amber deposits found in ancient deep-sea sediment may represent one of the oldest records to date of a tsunami, suggests ...

I want you to close your eyes and picture something. You’re walking down a beach; the sun is shining; a Christmas breeze is blowing. In both directions, the sand ...

The Atlantic Ocean was formed by the dramatic break-up of the supercontinent Pangea, splintering our planet into drifting landmasses that would become the continents we know today. Now, the ...

Scientists Discover 117-Million-Year-Old Underwater Sediment Waves, Show How the Atlantic Ocean Formed The Atlantic Ocean ...

Made of mud and sand, these massive underwater sediment waves lie around 3,280 feet below the seabed, researchers reported in a new study. They were formed in the "Equatorial Atlantic Gateway ...

Kolkata Municipal Corporation’s initiative aims to protect the city’s vulnerable riverbanks from erosion and act as a buffer ...