A fiery force beneath the ocean is reshaping Tonga’s Home Reef, growing an island through eruptions over the past few years.

Palau, a tiny island nation in Micronesia, is famous for its mushroom-shaped Rock Islands and spectacular diving ...

Fourteen Pacific island nations will receive $107 million to adapt their tuna-dependent economies as climate change pushes ...

New research suggests that dark energy isn't needed to explain the acceleration in the expansion of the universe — instead ...

Experts say portions of the continent are pulling apart, creating the possibility that the Horn of Africa will become an island.

The Ring of Fire exists where the Pacific Plate, which sits under the ocean, meets with many other tectonic plates. The Ring ...

Two Buried Supercontinents Under Africa and the Pacific Ocean Could Be Much Older Than Previously Assumed Earth has several ...

This discovery was made possible through a groundbreaking technique that maps seismic waves traveling through the Earth's ...

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A long-lost oceanic plate is diving deep into the mantle, dragging down the crust above, researchers say. However, the plate is also tearing apart below the Zagros Mountains in Iraq as it plunges ...

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

Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...