Until now, it was widely believed that the inner core was a dense ball of iron floating at the centre of the molten outer ...

Loki Patera is 202 kilometres (126 mi) in diameter, covers 20,000 sq km (7,700 sq mi), and was the largest volcanic feature ...

Volcanoes and earthquakes are both natural phenomena driven by the dynamic processes that shape Earth’s interior and surface.

These plates fit together like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. They move slowly on the more fluid layer beneath them, the asthenosphere. Convection currents in Earth's mantle drive the movement of ...

Roughly 250 million years ago, traveling from present-day Australia to North America would have been surprisingly simple-a ...

Researchers Discover an Adorable Baby Volcano Under the Ocean, Say It Erupted 3 Million Years Ago In 2019, researchers spotted what they believed to be a 'petit-spot volcano' on the Pacific plate.

After Albert’s explanation of Afar’s volcanic and tectonic past, I will look into this region’s Holocene volcanism, and try to create the first comprehensive volcanic history of this very ...

Community preparedness and education are important, too. Regular training and drills help individuals, schools and workplaces prepare for volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. In Ethiopia, the ...

A team of geologists and mineral physicists at Harvard University, the University of California, Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago has found evidence via lab experiments ...