Stanford researchers have uncovered evidence that deep underwater earthquakes can spur the growth of massive phytoplankton blooms at the ocean surface. Phytoplankton are microscopic, plant-like ...

Many of the world’s largest and most devastating earthquakes strike beneath the ocean, where the lack of sensors makes quick warnings difficult. Most monitoring stations are on land. “If we have a big ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — Early Friday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey detected a minor submarine earthquake on a historic fault line off the Lowcountry’s coast. At 3:48 a.m., a 2.0 magnitude ...

Deployment of an instrument used to collect water samples from different ocean depths in the northern Ross Sea to determine their iron concentration. Stanford researchers have uncovered evidence that ...