A major geological discovery has just linked one of Earth's largest volcanic structures to a submarine hotspot in the Pacific Ocean. This revelation overturns our understanding of how submarine ...

Investigating the causes and consequences of volcanoes and featuring case studies from the Canary Islands, The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Iceland. Below Earth’s surface, in the upper mantle, ...

The Ring of Fire is a horseshoe-shaped region that surrounds the Pacific Ocean and is known for its high seismic and volcanic activity. It is home to about 75% of the world’s active and dormant ...

Volcanoes are among nature’s most powerful forces — breathtaking yet potentially catastrophic. According to a visual produced by World Visualized , these ten countries have the most active volcanoes ...

For the first time in history, scientists have observed the rupture of a tectonic plate in a subduction zone in real time. The study, published in the scientific journal Science Advances, was ...