Plate tectonics is geology’s Theory of Everything. The realisation in the 1960s that Earth’s crust is made of fragments ...

Imagine standing on a scorched landscape where the ground is cracked and shimmering, and the sky glows a deep, fiery orange.

Perched on top of Santorini's sheer cliffs is a world-famous tourist industry worth millions. Underneath is the fizzing risk ...

Learn about the escalating threat of volcanoes in Iceland and how a new warning system is helping to inform the public when ...

New research suggests melting ice sheets are warming global temperatures which may speed up continental drift, creating ...

The 28 March magnitude 7.7 Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar) earthquake caused widespread and severe damage in Myanmar and neighboring countries such as Thailand, with more than 5,000 casualties now ...

Santorini in Greece was created by a volcanic eruption. Now, it is feared that another volcanic eruption could destroy it.

Recent flybys of the fiery world refute a leading theory of its inner structure — and reveal how little is understood about ...

A mineral called siderite found abundantly in rock drilled by a NASA rover on the surface of Mars is providing fresh evidence ...

Similar activity in Greenland now could eventually trigger volcanic eruptions in Iceland. Geoscientists modeled a chain of events that demonstrate how sea level rise impacts plate tectonics, they ...