Scientists discovered Hawaii’s deep mantle plume is splitting, which may create two future volcanic island chains.

A white-tailed tropicbird, known locally as Koaʻe Kea, was filmed flying serenely over a spectacular lava fountain during a volcanic eruption in Hawaiʻi. This stunning footage highlights the ...

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These stunning real-world locations-from New Zealand to the Swiss Alps-look like they were pulled straight from Tolkien's Middle-earth.

The Pea Ridge iron mine opened in the 1950s, and produced iron ore for decades, until America’s shrinking steel industry left ...

Hidden beneath the placid surface of a Siberian lake, a robot has mapped a landscape that looks more like an alien seabed than a freshwater basin. By tracing plumes of gas and reshaped sediments, ...

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Our most persistent crises are not natural. They are manufactured: kidnapping, insurgency, banditry, corruption, collapsing ...

If someone told you that you could walk to the top of an active volcano in California, you’d probably assume they were ...

Africa is slowly tearing apart, a process that could lead to a massive land collision creating mountains taller than the Himalayas. This geological shift, driven by mantle convection, will reshape ...

Solar panels on rooftops. Wind turbines on hilltops. Renewables joining a power grid that still runs, at its core, on coal and gas. The targets sound good: 35% clean energy by 2030, 50% by 2040.

The ocean with the maximum number of islands is a key feature of Earth’s geography and natural history. These islands were formed over millions of years due to volcanic eruptions, tectonic movements, ...