Mass extinction events throughout Earth’s history are characterized as significant disruptions to life on the planet. There ...

A long-debated platinum spike in Greenland ice is best explained by volcanic activity rather than a cosmic impact, reshaping ideas about what triggered the Younger Dryas cooling. An unusual platinum ...

The island offers warmth and sunshine, cheap drinks and budget flights, making it the perfect February getaway from the UK's ...

Our planet is an amazing place full of jaw-dropping sites and surreal landscapes – some are very famous, while others remain undiscovered by tourists. That is why we created a list that contains only ...

Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to forecast major eruptions? So far, the opportunity has been lacking. VEI-7 eruptions are rare: we have not seen one since Tambora in April 1815. To make a right ...

Scientists on the AKMA3 ocean expedition discovered an exceptional underwater feature consisting of a mud volcano in the ...

A research group has revealed through seismic wave analysis that the oceanic plate beneath the Ontong Java Plateau—the ...

The magnitude 6.9 earthquake that took place in 2018 on the south flank of Kīlauea on the Island of Hawaiʻi may have stalled ...

A hidden “tear” beneath the continents may have been fueling oceanic volcanoes for millions of years, study reveals.

When the plate boundary later moved farther south toward the modern Azores, the formation of the King’s Trough also came to a halt.” It’s a remarkable example of how activity deep within our planet’s ...

The world is constantly changing, and eventually, our memory alone isn't enough to portray how things really were. It can ...

Invisible clouds of sediment created by underwater mining spread for miles, putting ocean floor ecosystems at risk.