“All these [previous] studies looked at the present-day anomaly and were not concerned with how this geoid low came into existence,” the study states.

This week marks 20 years since one of the worst natural disasters in modern history. In 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the island of Sumatra in western Indonesia triggered a tsunami in the ...

The ground beneath your feet may feel solid, but Earth is constantly shifting. While we have mapped the surface in detail, ...

Pulled from the mud as an infant after the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, and reunited with his parents following an emotional court battle, the boy once known as “Baby 81” is now a ...

Thursday marks the 20 th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, one of the deadliest natural disasters in modern history. The Boxing Day quake was one of the largest ever recorded.

Beneath the vast expanse of the Indian Ocean, a strange phenomenon has puzzled scientists for decades—a massive gravitational anomaly where the ocean surface dips an astonishing 106 meters lower ...

"We know that in the present-day gradients in the temperature of the Indian Ocean are important to rainfall and drought patterns, especially in East Africa, but it's been challenging to show that ...

“We know that in the present-day gradients in the temperature of the Indian Ocean are important to rainfall and drought patterns, especially in East Africa, but it’s been challenging to show ...

Dec 26 (Reuters) - Survivors and families of victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami 20 years ago visited mass graves, lit candles and comforted one another across Southeast and South Asia in ...

The magma plumes likely came from an ancient ocean that vanished as present-day India collided with Asia tens of millions of years ago.

In 2004, an earthquake in the Indian Ocean released energy equivalent to 23,000 Hiroshima type atomic bombs. 20 years later, we examine the disaster and its toll.