Hidden beneath an ancient volcanic basin on the Oregon and Nevada border, geologists say the United States may be sitting on ...

Mass extinction events throughout Earth’s history are characterized as significant disruptions to life on the planet. There ...

The western U.S. is a geologists' dream, home to the Rocky Mountains, the Grand Canyon, active volcanoes and striking sandstone arches. But one landform simply doesn't make sense.

A China-led team has archived 207 volcanoes hidden under Antarctic ice. This breakthrough helps scientists understand how ...

Studies reveal that beneath seemingly tranquil mountains, magma boils in shallow layers, reducing volcanic warning time.

A study on tectonic plates that converge on the Tibetan Plateau has shown that Earth's fault lines are far weaker and the ...

Key points Shaped like the Australian coastline, the Australia Magnetic Anomaly is a concealed magnetic geological feature ...

We like to think that the universe follows a strict set of logical rules, but every now and then, we stumble upon facts that ...

For many years, scientists viewed Mercury as a world that no longer had an active geological history. The planet appears to be almost completely uniform, dry, barren, and mostly unchanged for the ...

The surface of our world has been in a constant state of flux for millions of years. Continents have wandered, oceans have ...

The western US is a geologists' dream, home to the Rocky Mountains, the Grand Canyon, active volcanoes and striking sandstone arches. But one landform ...