Amid dramatic volcanoes, steaming lava fields and glacial lagoons, a new self-drive route invites travellers to embrace ...

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

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

Scientists believe that the motion of Earth's continents through plate tectonics has been largely steady over millions of years. New research, however, suggests this drift can speed up or slow down ...

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

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

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

Volcanoes don't just destroy; they also preserve. How is it that this vulture feather has survived for 30,000 years in volcanic debris?

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 ...

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 ...

The recent seismic swarm underscores the volcano's underlying activity ... rather than the collision of tectonic plates. Chilean disaster agency Senapred has affirmed its commitment to ongoing ...

Mantle plumes can stay fixed in place for millions of years while tectonic plates move slowly above them. As a plate drifts, the plume continues to produce volcanoes, which form a chain of islands.