I recently participated in a three-week-long, National Science Foundation-funded research cruise to the Mariana Trench. Our ...

One of the most active volcanoes in the world sits just a few hundred miles off the U.S. West Coast, and some scientists believe it’s only a matter of time before it erupts again – maybe even before ...

Nobody knew what they are, and whether they are only a temporary phenomenon, or if they have been sitting there for millions ...

To find out, the team used whole-Earth oscillation data from 104 past earthquakes to create a detailed 3D model of the upper ...

Mount Everest has long been considered the highest mountain on Earth, but new research shows that this is not the case. Scientists have now discovered two mountains that are 100 times higher than the ...

Deep beneath the Earth’s surface, a monumental geological event is unfolding. Scientists from the University of Göttingen have discovered that the Neotethys oceanic plate, once the ocean floor between ...

With eruptions in 1998, 2011, and 2015, the volcano serves as a perfect laboratory, and experts expect an eruption by the end ...

January 26 marked the 325th anniversary since the last earthquake struck the Cascadia subduction zone. Centuries later, the ...

Amid Earth’s mobile tectonic plates, subduction zones arise as regions of intense geological activity and concentrate minerals into ore deposits like gold.

Deep within Earth’s mantle lie two enormous regions, often referred to as "islands," which are the size of continents.

Jan. 26, 2025, marks 325 years since the last great earthquake on the Cascadia subduction zone. It’s a time to reflect on what we’ve learned about this largest fault system in the lower 48 states ...

Beneath our feet, hundreds of kilometers deep, lies an invisible yet essential world: the Earth's mantle. For a long time, ...