A mid-ocean ridge (MOR) is a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics. It typically has a depth of ~ 2,600 meters (8,500 ft) and rises about two kilometers above the deepest portion of an ...

A t nearly 65,000 kilometers long, the mid-ocean ridge system is the longest mountain range in the world. Running beneath the ocean's surface, mid-ocean ridges are formed at divergent plate ...

Chinese scientists have found abiotic organic compounds in the ocean crust, shedding light on deep-sea carbon cycles and life ...

The world's mid-ocean ridges form a single, connected global ridge system that is part of every ocean, and is the longest mountain range in the world. Geologically active, mid-ocean ridges are key ...

More information: Jingbo Nan et al, Unraveling abiotic organic synthesis pathways in the mafic crust of mid-ocean ridges, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.

Dietmar Müller and colleagues show how this gas released from deep Earth may have affected the climate over the past billion ...