In geology, even small layers can tell big stories. But figuring out the origins of such small layers can be a challenge, ...

This resource is abundant globally in rock and brine but researchers have discovered a new source in volcanic sediments.

Hundreds of dormant volcanoes across the globe—particularly in Antarctica—could become more active thanks to climate change.

Melting glaciers may be setting off volcanoes worldwide, triggering eruptions and possibly accelerating climate change.

From the ongoing series of remarkable discoveries on Earth… NASA recently identified a peculiar white, glowing formation deep ...

The formation of Heart Mountain near Cody is a story of a block of rock the size of Rhode Island moving at 700 mph, an ...

The wildest of the Canary Islands, Lanzarote's barren volcanic landscape features lava tunnels 6km long. Yet wine grapes can ...

Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

Dominant trade wind conditions generally send tephra and volcanic gas southwest over the remote Ka ʻū Desert. Eruption ...

Olympus Mons on Mars is the tallest mountain in the solar system, rising an astonishing 21 kilometers high, nearly two and a half times taller than Mount Everest. But its true scale isn’t just about ...

Visitors can fish, swim, paddle or soak in a hot spring at Pauline and East lakes in Newberry National Volcanic Monument in Central Oregon.