Roughly 201 million years ago, drastic changes extinguished many forms of life and led to conditions that allowed the ...

There are two main types of volcano - composite and shield. The two types of volcano form in different places and have very different characteristics. Ash released from shield volcanoes often ...

Scientists in Iceland have warned that a volcanic eruption could soon happen on the island. Since late October 2023, there's been an increase in earthquake activity in the region around Reykjavik ...

Water in the form of frost has been detected on the highest volcanoes on Mars. Researchers found that the red planet's Tharsis volcanoes - the tallest in the solar system - have "on and off ...

The Ring of Fire is home to 75% of the world's volcanoes and 90% of its earthquakes. 2 min read The Ring of Fire is a roughly 25,000-mile chain of volcanoes and seismically active sites that ...

Charlotte Lytton and Matthew Abbott traveled to Tonga to report this story. All photographs were made in May 2023. Sept. 1 at 6:00 a.m. Warning: This graphic requires ...

An "unusually large" ice volcano in Iceland could be about to blow after more than 130 earthquakes hit the region in a five-hour period, experts say. The earthquake swarm began in the northwestern ...

After three companies expressed interest, the state Division of Oil and Gas started the formal process that may result in new ...