On occasion, it is of vital importance to consider how little we know about the spinning rock we all live on. Take coral ...

Volcanic islands, such as those in Hawaii and the Caribbean, are often fringed by coral reefs – ring-shaped structures that ...

During the 2012 DEEPSEA CHALLENGE expedition to the deepest part of the ocean, ... “The Mariana Trench is very deep, but it’s ocean bottom,” Boston says.