Mark Clementz, a professor in the University of Wyoming Department of Geology and Geophysics, and colleagues have produced a ...

Taftan volcano in southeastern Iran rose 3.5 inches over 10 months, signaling that it is waking up after 700,000 years of ...

NASA radar data show a huge underground feature beneath Nyx Mons that changes Venus' geology.

A new geological study reshapes the timeline of a major tectonic collision that helped form the Andes, suggesting key events occurred earlier than long assumed.

A recent study reveals that the Poás volcano has changed its eruption pattern, redefining the global ash-related risk map.

A team of marine researchers lowered a camera beneath the ocean surface to capture, for the first time ever, how underwater ...

Scientists say the Kikai volcano near Japan is slowly filling with magma again after thousands of years. The underwater ...

The Kikai Caldera. (Seama Nobukazu/CC BY 4.0) About 7,300 years ago, a volcano off Japan's Kyushu island unleashed what remains the largest known eruption of the Holocene, our current geological epoch ...

Volcanoes are Earth’s geologic architects. They’ve created more than 80 percent of our planet’s surface, laying the foundation that has allowed life to thrive. Their explosive force crafts mountains ...

Glowing lava from a volcano that has been erupting since February on the French island of La Réunion in the Indian Ocean is ...

Located in Sicily, Mount Etna is Europe's most active volcano. Yet its origin remains largely enigmatic, as no existing ...

Scientists have long known that volcanic island arcs contain relatively high concentrations of gold, but the reason isn’t ...