Volcano scientists from around the world will gather from Feb. 9-14 in Hilo for the American Geophysical Union Chapman Conference on Caldera-forming Eruptions at Basaltic Volcanoes: Insights and ...

"It's pretty surreal to walk between two major pieces of Earth's crust that are drifting in different directions," Brooke ...

A research team is investigating the influence of the Zagros Mountains on the bending of Earth's surface. A team of ...

Scientists discover evidence of a submerged continent beneath Iceland, challenging Earth’s continental map. This tectonic ...

DEHRADUN: Uttarkashi in the Garhwal Himalayas has witnessed an unusual series of seven consecutive quakes within a week -- ...

In early August, blue crab fans took over Lewes, Delaware, for the Crab Pot Jamboree, where the biggest catch was learning how to avoid turning your crab pot into an underwater lost-and-found.

The weaker quake was an aftershock of the earlier one, Oliver Boyd, a research geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey ... which extends through Iceland and the Atlantic Ocean.

The use of advanced geological techniques made ... and this role of Iceland was the core of this theory. This could totally alter the knowledge of the geography of Earth; global maps may be revised ...

Dr. Phethean’s team revealed that Iceland and the Greenland-Iceland-Faroes Ridge (GIFR) are not isolated structures. Instead, they contain geological fragments of both the North American and Eurasian ...

The USGS Astrogeology Science Center recently released a series of detailed geological maps of Mars that detail features from the red planet’s past like volcanos and flowing water. If you’re thinking, ...

The riches thought to lie beneath Greenland's icy terrain have been coveted for more than a century. But how easy are they to access, and will climate change make any difference?