Carbon released from Earth's spreading tectonic plates, not volcanoes, may have triggered major transitions between ancient ...

Eruptions from volcanic arcs, found where tectonic plates converge, are one of the major drivers of natural carbon emissions, ...

Earth has experienced many icehouse and greenhouse climates. A new study shows how they connect to plate tectonics.

Before Pangea ever existed, Earth already pulled off a massive experiment called Nuna, and it quietly changed life forever.

A dormant volcano in Ethiopia erupted after 10,000 years of silence. This event shows how the world's little-known volcanoes pose the greatest threat. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

Caltech’s Katie Bouman explains how the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration captured the first imager of the Sagittarius A* ...

Iceland is the Land of Fire and Ice, and never is this taken so literally. Nowhere else do such utter opposites get squeezed ...

Earth’s deep interior may hold water equal to today’s oceans, challenging long-held views of how the planet became habitable.

On some Mars images, Olympus Mons does not look dramatic at first glance. It sits there quietly, a wide pale rise against rust coloured plains. No sha.

Watch video showing snow covering Hawaii’s tallest volcano summits after a winter storm brought cold air and moisture ...

From volcanic landscapes to world-class observatories, a journey through the Canary Islands reveals a night sky unlike ...

A small town in California was hit by earthquakes once every 22 years for over a century, setting the stage for a major ...