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

Discover how Mauna Loa supervolcano could impact Hawaii and beyond. Learn about past eruptions, new prediction methods, and global consequences.

New research from scientists with the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and published in the journal Science found that ...

In 2019, researchers spotted what they believed to be a 'petit-spot volcano' on the Pacific plate. These 'petit-spot' volcanoes are young phenomena that come into being due to fissures occurring ...

The Alaska Volcano Observatory said signs indicated a Mount Spurr eruption was likely, though not certain, in the weeks or ...

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 ...

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

The volcanoes that form where tectonic plates are pulling apart are now seen at midocean ridges, which are places under the ocean where two pieces of crust move away from each other. Two major ...

Hidden in the stormy Furious Fifties, the South Sandwich Islands generate spectacular cloud formations. Winds sweeping past ...

Several past eruptions were characterized by similar lava fountaining episodes, including at the start of the Puʻuʻōʻō ...

It is widely believed that Earth's atmosphere has been rich in oxygen for about 2.5 billion years due to a relatively rapid ...

The letter did not say. Along with carbon dioxide, these volcanoes and the 40,000-miles of mid-ocean mountain ridges pump enormous amounts of heat into the ocean; we don’t have a good handle on ...