Expedition 405 of the International Ocean Discovery Programme embarked on a mission to the Japan Trench, where scientists drilled into a fault zone involved in the 2011 Tohoku earthquake. The goal was ...

Expedition 405 drilled into Japan Trench fault, site of 2011 quake, collecting cores and data to learn how massive earthquakes and tsunamis are triggered.

A team of geoscientists has identified a subtle but powerful force driving mountain building and compression of Earth's crust in Japan and neighboring regions. The so-called same-dip double subduction ...

A team of geoscientists lead by Guido M. Gianni identified a subtle but powerful force driving mountain building and compression of the Earth's crust ...

On March 11, 2011, the Tōhoku mega-earthquake struck off the northeast coast of Japan, triggering a catastrophic tsunami. At ...

Study shows how rising oxygen levels in ancient oceans fueled marine evolution and species diversity, linking land plants to ocean health.

A team of geoscientists lead by Guido M. Gianni identified a subtle but powerful force driving mountain building and compression of the Earth’s crust in Japan and neighboring regions: The so-called ...

Far below the waves of the western Pacific, researchers have uncovered a hydrothermal system unlike anything seen before.

In September 1972, a research vessel called the USNS Hayes discovered the deepest part of the Arctic Ocean and named it after ...

A new approach to ocean monitoring is emerging from research into one of the sea’s most ancient creatures. Engineers from the ...

Beneath the sparkling waves and turquoise shallows of the world’s oceans lie forces that defy imagination. While these waters ...