For decades, the end-stage life of a subduction zone existed only in theory. Now, for the first time in geologic history, scientists are bearing witness to the Juan de Fuca Plate tearing apart and ...

If you’re looking for a change of scenery this spring, California’s deserts offer a unique kind of beauty. While deserts ...

Seismic activity manifested as a swarm of earthquakes between July 29 and August 4, located to the west of the Farasan ...

Geologists are skilled time travelers because they read the traces of millions of years of Earth’s history. Nevertheless, ...

The African continent is gradually splitting apart. Although a new ocean is expected to form as a result, it won't be for millions of years.

VOLCANIC activity and seismic tremors have been stirring our nation’s blood. They remind us that the Philippines lies squarely within the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” a region where tectonic plates collide ...

THE Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) urged communities on the southern slopes of Negros Island ...

This cluster of quakes serves as a reminder that large subsea seismic events near Russia can trigger trans-Pacific tsunami alerts, with possible effects for Alaska, Hawaii, and the US West Coast. The ...

High over the island of Sicily, Mount Etna smolders as Europe’s most active volcano. Underneath its rough slopes, a network ...

The pH, or the acidity or alkalinity of an environment, has long been known to affect how efficiently catalysts drive key ...

Taftan looms 3,940 meters above Iran’s Makran subduction zone, a rugged region where the Arabian plate dives beneath the ...