Tell me if you’ve heard this one before: a volcano scientist who does her work in the middle of the Pacific Ocean—at the ...

New research suggests that Earth’s orbital variations—the slow changes in its tilt, axial precession, and shape of its ...

In 2022, researchers aboard the E/V Nautilus made a discovery on the floor of the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii. While surveying ...

It is widely believed that Earth's atmosphere has been rich in oxygen for about 2.5 billion years due to a relatively rapid increase in microorganisms capable of performing photosynthesis. Researchers ...

Scientists found that volcanic eruptions triggered short-lived oxygen spikes before Earth's air became breathable.

Gemechu Bedassa Teferi, a researcher who studies the volcanoes of ... apart to form the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. Around 11 million years ago, a crack formed deep under the present Afar ...

This zone, where three tectonic plates meet, is known for its deep ocean trenches and intense volcanic arcs. The eruptions of Home Reef, although spectacular, have had little impact on local ...

For hundreds of years experts have been trying to find answers as to how the great Minoan civilization of Crete came to an ...

Scientists have long been puzzled by volcanoes that erupt far from the edges of tectonic plates—known as intraplate volcanoes ...