Researchers investigated the phenomena that led to the recent activity of seven hot spots located in the central Pacific. Numerical mechanical models showed that variations in movement of the Pacific ...

Lost in the vastness of the South Atlantic Ocean, the South Sandwich Islands are among the most isolated places on the planet ...

Volcanoes are one of nature’s most awe-inspiring creations, giant mountains ejecting red hot lava that are both beautiful and deadly. We recently explored why volcanoes are so astounding, but, did you ...

Since 2000, specialists at the National Museum of Natural History have produced the world’s foremost report on active ...

After its formation, the moon may have been the scene of such immense volcanic activity that its entire crust melted several ...

Figure 1: Distribution of IMPs on the nearside. Data used in this study include Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) NAC nadir-pointing images, LROC WAC and Clementine Ultraviolet/Visible (UVVIS ...

We know, the headlines can sound terrifying. In this series, Mashable speaks with experts to bring you the unvarnished truth about science, health, threats from space, and scary-sounding creatures.

Artwork of a pair of tyrannosaur dinosaurs surveying a volcanic landscape. This depicts a scene at the end of the Cretaceous period in Earths history. A massive meteorite has impacted the Earth, ...

Submitted by Lockwood DeWitt: How does bimodal volcanism work? Bimodal volcanism is whenever you have a volcano that erupts basalt and rhyolite ... and really nothing else in-between. What does that ...

Ocean deoxygenation during the Mesozoic Era was much more rapid than previous thought, with CO2 induced environmental warming creating ocean 'dead zones' over timescales of only tens of thousands of ...

For decades, scientists have vigorously debated whether an asteroid strike or massive volcanic eruptions ended the reign of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. Roughly three-quarters of all life on ...