Mass extinction events throughout Earth’s history are characterized as significant disruptions to life on the planet. There have been five major extinction events that have fundamentally changed how ...

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In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, thousands of miles from any continent, Easter Island rises out of the sea. Its surface tells a story of volcanism that began roughly 2.5 million years ago, but ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Deep in the south Pacific Ocean, near the remote Solomon Islands, there’s a volcano unlike any other on earth. For one, it’s ...

A new study by an international team of researchers revealed that a rare and large summertime phytoplankton bloom in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre in the summer of 2018 was prompted by ash from ...

Most volcanic activity on Earth doesn’t happen on land. It happens out of sight, beneath kilometres of water, where pressure […] ...

An Oregon State researcher said the volcano is likely forming some 300 miles away. The formation, though, likely won't threaten coastal residents. © 2025 American ...

Time on earth and a brief history of Scotland -- Magmas, igneous rocks and volcanic products -- Lava flows and pyroclastic deposits -- Early Cainozoic volcanism and the birth of the North Atlantic -- ...

Deep in the south Pacific Ocean, near the remote Solomon Islands, there’s a volcano unlike any other on earth. For one, it’s underwater; and secondly, it’s extremely active. Kavachi, it’s called. And ...