Scientists on the AKMA3 ocean expedition discovered an exceptional underwater feature consisting of a mud volcano in the middle of a large crater 80 miles south of Norway's Bear Island. The volcano ...

Mass extinction events throughout Earth’s history are characterized as significant disruptions to life on the planet. There have been five major extinction events that have fundamentally changed how ...

New research from the University of Copenhagen suggests that volcanic eruptions during the Ice Age may have triggered sudden ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Rocks from the Christmas Island Seamount appear to come from unusual magma that came from ...

A new study by an international team of researchers revealed that a rare and large summertime phytoplankton bloom in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre in the summer of 2018 was prompted by ash from ...

Deep in the south Pacific Ocean, near the remote Solomon Islands, there’s a volcano unlike any other on earth. For one, it’s underwater; and secondly, it’s extremely active. Kavachi, it’s called. And ...

Ash erupted high into the atmosphere from Kīlauea in 2018. Credit: U.S. Geological Survey When the Kīlauea Volcano erupted in May 2018, an enormous amount of ash was released into the atmosphere in a ...

For most of deep time, spreading ridges released more carbon than volcano chains, changing how we interpret Earth’s climate history.

A lava flow from Kilauea Volcano on Hawaii's Big Island has reached the ocean for the first time since 2013. Lava began flowing on May 24, and traveled 6.5 miles over Pulama Pali to reach the ocean on ...