The desert floor in Ethiopia looks fixed and ancient, but it is moving. Across the Afar region and down the East African Rift ...

That would have enabled more of this organic carbon—and carbonate accumulating in shallow water around Columbia—to be ...

This video shows Volcán de Fuego, one of the most active volcanoes in Guatemala, releasing a large column of ash high above ...

Earth was mostly devoid of oxygen for much of its 4.5 billion year lifetime. That is, until certain processes started to ...

Deep beneath our feet, Earth may be running a planetary imbalance that has been unfolding for hundreds of millions of years.

Examining how plates move in Earth's mantle and how mountains form is no easy feat. Certain rocks that have sunk deep into Earth's interior and then returned from there can deliver answers. Examining ...

Ancient rocks on the Greek island of Crete reveal a 130-million-year tectonic journey, tracing deep subduction, and slow ...

The magnitude-6.0 temblor that shook the Hawaiian islands Friday night caused power outages, major damage to homes and rockslides that temporarily blocked roadways in South Kona, where its epicenter ...

The magnitude-6.0 temblor that shook the Hawaiian islands Friday night caused power outages, major damage to homes and ...

They’re raiders of the lost ark. Archaeologists could be one step closer to locating Noah’s Ark’s final resting spot after noticing a peculiar feature on a 440-year-old world map called the ...

Russia and the Taliban have signed a significant military cooperation agreement. This pact alters regional security dynamics.

From Tokyo to New Orleans, discover the cities that are impacted by natural disasters the most and why they are so vulnerable ...