A team led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), presents new details of an oceanic transform fault at the Gofar fault in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The NSF funded work reveals ...

When mollusks and other carbon-rich organisms die, their shells and body parts can accumulate in ocean sediments, forming carbonate-rich deposits. Locked away Seagrasses also trap carbon in ...

"So there must have been rivers transporting sediment to the ocean, though there's nothing in the immediate vicinity that would have disturbed these beach deposits," Manga added. The bottom line ...