Greece's government has just declared a state of emergency on the island of Santorini, as earthquakes shake the island ...

The findings could impact how we understand the composition of the land we walk on, together with our understanding of volcanic activity and earthquake risk ...

America’s First National Park Yellowstone National Park holds the title of being America's first national park, and it was ...

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake, with an epicenter 3 miles north-northwest of Oak Hill in the southern part of Jackson County, occurred on Feb. 3, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The depth of the ...

Scientists say glacier engineering could be a potential stopgap as the Earth passes a critical climate milestone. Others aren’t as convinced ...

An ocean may in time develop from a rift in the Afar Triangle, in the Horn of Africa which will be close to America.

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More than 3 billion years ago, when the Moon’s volcanic mare (the dark lunar “seas”) were formed, the Moon was rife with ...

The world’s largest atomic bomb was exploded by the Russians north of the Arctic Circle in 1961. It was equivalent to 2,500 Hiroshima A-bombs. The fireball was 5 miles in diameter and could ...

These crustal collisions occur gradually over millions of years, yet have a profound impact in reshaping the Earth's surface.

This discovery was made possible through a groundbreaking technique that maps seismic waves traveling through the Earth's ...