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The 37 kiloton 'Priscilla' nuclear test, detonated at the Nevada Test Site in 1957. Credit: US Department of Energy

Radioactive carbon from nuclear bomb tests found in deep ocean trenches

May 9, 2019

Using magnetic data: Researcher uncovers 340 million year-old oceanic crust in the Mediterranean Sea

Activity on seafloor linked to icy ebb and flow on surface

New Seafloor Map Helps Scientists Find New Features

The floor of the ocean comes into better focus

Mariana Trench “Deepest Part of the Ocean”

March 26, 2015

New Species Discovered Beneath Ocean Crust

February 15, 2015

Ice ages made Earth’s ocean crust thicker

February 7, 2015

New sulfate-breathing species discovered beneath ocean crust

January 15, 2015

What lies beneath modern New England? Mountain-building and the end of...

April 27, 2014

Breathing Underwater: Evidence of Microscopic Life in Oceanic Crust

September 29, 2013

Oceanic Crust Breakthrough: Solving a Magma Mystery

January 3, 2013

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