The European Space Agency’s ACES mission could ultimately pave the way for a global network of atomic clocks that make these measurements far more accurate.

Gravity at the Indian Ocean geoid low is so weak that the sea level ... pushing pieces of the planet's crust deep beneath the surface. According to the models, these descending fragments dislodged ...

“If you pour water on the surface of the Earth, the level that the water takes is called a geoid — and that is controlled by these density differences in the material inside the ...

These distortions extend to the oceans, which cover 71% of the surface. Without tides or currents, seawater would settle into a shape known as a geoid—a wavy, gravity-defined surface.

Really, our planet’s surface isn’t anywhere near so tuberish. But the geoid is a reminder that Earth is wonkier than we might have realized—delightfully so. Behold our imperfect potato planet!

Since the oceans cover around 70 per cent of the planet's surface, these deformities affect the shape of the oceans too. No more is this illustrated than by the Indian Ocean Geoid Low ...

Credit: International Centre for Global Earth Models (ICGEM) / E. S., Barthelmes, F., Reißland, S., Elger, Like all scientific mysteries, the Indian Ocean geoid low ...

The team wanted to find out how the geoid low formed ... so it’s rising up and at the surface, it's becoming cold. It's sinking inside the mantle.” And while many people think the Earth ...