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 ...

Investigating the causes and consequences of volcanoes and featuring case studies ... s crust are mostly found at the boundaries of tectonic plates… At constructive boundaries - usually deep ...

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

In Asia, papier-mache was used to make small boxes and trays as well as to add decoration to armor and shields. Volcanoes are usually formed where tectonic plates are diverging (moving apart) or ...

In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, thousands of miles from any continent, Easter Island rises out of the sea. Its surface tells a story of volcanism that began roughly 2.5 million years ago, but ...

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 ...

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

When Maureen Long talks to the public about her work, she likes to ask her audience to close their eyes and think of a ...