Volcanoes are rumbling as scientists monitor earthquakes at Washington's Mount Rainier and Alaska's Iliamna volcano.

That volcano awakened scientists to the existence of pyroclastic flows and started a line of research that is still continuing. The eruption killed 29,000 people, the most casualties from any ...

The Caribbean region can be seen as a kind of natural laboratory in which, over millions of years, plate tectonics resulted in the transfer of a subduction zone from the Pacific to the Atlantic.

H ome to more than 700 islands, the Caribbean offers a wealth of travel experiences that can't be replicated anywhere else in the world. Among these, only 11 are home to active volcanos, making ...

Plate tectonic processes in the Pacific and Atlantic during the Cretaceous period have shaped the Caribbean region to this day Date: April 19, 2023 ...

Dominica, an island nation in the Caribbean Sea, halfway between the French islands of Guadeloupe (to the north) and ...

There are no traffic lights, no high-rises, no beaches, and no crowds on tiny Saba. Instead, you’ll find misty mountains, ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Volcanoes that have been quiet for decades are rumbling to life in the eastern Caribbean, prompting officials to issue alerts in Martinique and St. Vincent ...

For example, the Cocos plate does not have the same subduction angle along the arc’s 1,100 kilometers; the way in which it enters under the Caribbean plate—its entry angle—is different in ...

This Stunning Island Is Called the 'Emerald Isle of the Caribbean' — and Has an Active Volcano and Black-sand Beaches. Kristin Braswell. Thu, February 2, 2023 at 11:00 PM UTC. 4 min read.