Located in Sicily, Mount Etna is Europe's most active volcano. Yet its origin remains largely enigmatic, as no existing ...

Chief Scientist Frieder Klein and Deep Rover Pilot Alan Scot exploring a submerged carbonate platform. Credit: Novus Select. Scientists found that “boring” ocean faults may be ...

All 18 Sunday morning earthquakes remained in the 2-4 magnitude range, which is quite common over the course of a year.

Taftan volcano in southeastern Iran rose 3.5 inches over 10 months, signaling that it is waking up after 700,000 years of ...

Volcanoes are Earth’s geologic architects. They’ve created more than 80 percent of our planet’s surface, laying the foundation that has allowed life to thrive. Their explosive force crafts mountains ...

Early Sunday, a burst of seismic activity rippled through the Pacific Ocean about 240 miles west of Westport, Washington, ...

Scientists uncover how underground mantle winds create and control powerful supervolcano eruptions like Yellowstone.