“But the geoid low in the Indian Ocean is one of the most profound gravitational anomalies on our planet.” The gravity hole likely took its current shape about 20 million years ago and will ...

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

"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 ...

Researchers in India used computer simulations to show how the geoid low in the Indian Ocean could have formed up to 140 ... as 140 million years ago up to the present. ... New Every Day.

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 ...

The day after Christmas in 2004, a massive undersea earthquake set off a tsunami that killed 230,000 people along Indian Ocean coastlines. On the 15th anniversary, memorial services are being held ...

“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 ...

In 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the island of Sumatra in western Indonesia triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed more than 220,000 people across 12 countries.

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.

Russia has sent two groups of naval vessels to the Indian Ocean on Monday, ... Russian destroyer Admiral Tributs leaves after 3-day friendly visit to Qingdao in China on October 20.