Hidden in the stormy Furious Fifties, the South Sandwich Islands generate spectacular cloud formations. Winds sweeping past ...

Tell me if you’ve heard this one before: a volcano scientist who does her work in the middle of the Pacific Ocean—at the ...

A 2022 satellite photo shows a large plume of discolored water rising from the undersea Kavachi volcano, during an eruption ...

The letter did not say. Along with carbon dioxide, these volcanoes and the 40,000-miles of mid-ocean mountain ridges pump enormous amounts of heat into the ocean; we don’t have a good handle on ...

It is widely believed that Earth's atmosphere has been rich in oxygen for about 2.5 billion years due to a relatively rapid increase in microorganisms capable of performing photosynthesis. Researchers ...

Several past eruptions were characterized by similar lava fountaining episodes, including at the start of the Puʻuʻōʻō ...

A University of Tokyo study suggests ancient eruptions enriched oceans with nutrients, causing brief oxygen spikes long ...

Kīlauea volcano at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park is in a unique phase of activity in Halemaʻumaʻu, with 12 episodes of dual ...

It should come as no surprise that when I head to a tropical island, I am more interested in the mountains than the beach.

Scientists found that volcanic eruptions triggered short-lived oxygen spikes before Earth's air became breathable.