A fiery mystery has puzzled geologists for decades: where did the lava fueling one of Earth’s largest volcanic events come ...

Scientists have uncovered one of the most exciting geological discoveries of the decade – the long-lost Pontus tectonic plate ...

A new study traces a 120-million-year-old 'super-eruption' to its source, offering new insights into Earth's complex geological history.

Analyzing lava flows that solidified and then broke apart over a massive crack in Earth's crust in Turkey has brought new ...

Earth scientists from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, University of Maryland and others finally connected the dots ...

Seismic waves from earthquakes have always offered a window into Earth’s hidden interior. For decades, researchers believed ...

At the end of the last Ice Age, around 10,000 years ago, the melting of massive glaciers may have done more than just raise ...

The Pacific Plate is cracking from within, overturning tectonic theories. Hidden undersea faults show Earth’s strongest plate ...

A new study from the University of Maryland traces a 120-million-year-old “super-eruption” to its source, offering new ...