Groundbreaking research has unveiled the subsurface dynamics of a mysterious volcano, Oldoinyo Lengai, providing unprecedented insights into its unique geological behavior. These findings not only ...

Seismologists monitoring the seafloor here detected more than 2,000 earthquakes erupting within just one day.

The speed of seismic waves can reveal the temperature of structures under Earth’s surface, with faster waves indicating cooler temperatures and slower waves, warmer ones. Unusually low wave speeds ...

The Earth's mantle might not always move along in lockstep with the overlying tectonic crust—as set out in science textbooks for decades—but may instead behave differently. This is the conclusion of ...

A 2021 eruption in Iceland gave researchers rare and illuminating access to the mantle, one of the Earth’s layers. Ed Marshall, a geochemist at the University of Iceland, donning protective gear, ...

Located on the island of Sicily, in Italy, Mount Etna is one of the world's most active volcanoes. Documentation of its many ...

About sixty million years ago, the Icelandic mantle plume—a fountain of hot rock that rises from Earth’s core-mantle boundary—unleashed volcanic activity across a vast area of the North Atlantic, ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, began sending up ...

Scientists have long wondered how volcanoes formed in central Anatolia despite being far from tectonic plate borders—now they've found evidence of a hot plume of magma flowing from East Africa. Riders ...

The recent Fagradalsfjall eruption in the southwest of Iceland has enthralled the whole world, including nature lovers and scientists alike. The eruption was especially important as it provided ...