When this pressure is released, for example as a result of plate movement, magma shoots to the surface causing a volcanic eruption. Above the ground the liquid rock is called lava and as it cools ...

The moon may still be geologically active, judging from the way the lunar far side is wrinkling as the moon contracts. At ...

Below Mount Jefferson and McKenzie Pass is a massive storehouse of water three times the size of Lake Mead, say Oregon researchers.

Oregon's Cascade Range mountains might not hold gold, but they store another precious resource in abundance: water. Scientists from the University of Oregon and their partners have mapped the ...

Disaster response units deployed as tremors of up to magnitude four rock popular holiday destination every few minutes ...

The chemical makeup of mineral inclusions preserved in impact glass hints at the site of a missing impact crater.

An enormous water reservoir — likely the largest aquifer of its kind in on Earth — sits inside the volcanic rocks of the Oregon Cascades, scientists have revealed. A hidden reservoir of ...

ATHENS, Greece -- Multiple earthquakes are rattling Santorini, a volcanic island in Greece, prompting authorities to dispatch rescuers with tents, a sniffer dog and drones, and to shut schools on four ...

Greek authorities ordered the suspension of the construction of a luxury hotel on one of Greece's most famous beaches, on the island of Milos.