An earlier version of this story was published in 2024. It looks like just another hill in Sussex County, but you wouldn’t have wanted to have been standing there 420 million years ago. That’s about ...

It looks like just another hill in Sussex County, but you wouldn’t have wanted to have been standing there 420 million years ago. That’s about when the Beemerville Volcano erupted in Wantage, give or ...

For the first time in roughly 12,000 years, a long‑quiet volcano in Ethiopia has roared back to life, sending fountains of lava and towering ash into the sky and jolting one of the world’s most ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Volcanoes have always held an incredible power capable of shaping the course of human history. Around 1,600 B.C.E., an explosion on the Greek island ...

Our Earth is around 4.5 billion years old. Way back in its earliest years, vast oceans dominated. There were frequent volcanic eruptions and, because there was no free oxygen in the atmosphere, there ...

The United States has a habit of showcasing its geology. Long before cities and highways showed up, forces beneath the surface were already shaping cliffs, caves, faults, and craters that still define ...

Jayde N. Hirniak has received funding from the Hyde Family Foundation, Institute of Human Origins, Geological Society of America, Society for Archaeological Sciences, and the Cave Research Foundation ...