Far beneath the Earth's surface, a fiery world of viscous molten rock exists below the continental and oceanic plates, perpetually churning and shifting under the immense pressure and stress of a ...

Lava could produce a material called basalt fiber that would be suitable for turning into durable fabrics, rebar, insulation materials and structural mesh for the building industry, according to a ...

Fresh lava looks like the last place anything could live, yet biologists are now finding microbial communities moving in ...

Submitted by Lockwood DeWitt: How does bimodal volcanism work? Bimodal volcanism is whenever you have a volcano that erupts basalt and rhyolite ... and really nothing else in-between. What does that ...

Hawaii Island's Kīlauea Volcano has been in a fit of rage since erupting in early May, spewing toxic gas, hurling boulders from its summit and cracking open more than 20 fissures. The current activity ...

There has been a wave of articles over the last few weeks out on the geoblogosphere on columnar jointing in lavas – with many, many great images of columns seen aroundthe world. I thought I’d jump in ...

To many, the science of geology can seem incomprehensibly technical and achingly slow. But when Emily Cahoon started her Ph.D. work in the field, the volcanologist, geochemist and igneous petrologist ...

Some minerals in lava could suggest water is nearby. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. One way to find water worlds beyond our ...

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has been fiercely erupting for well over a month. Now, residents are finding little green gems that have fallen out of the sky during Kilauea's eruption. The green gems are ...

Young Earth’s molten lava ocean was layered like a pudding cake, according to a study published today (Nov. 6) in the journal Nature. Researchers think the Earth's first millennia were spent covered ...