"A massive volcanic eruption like the one that formed Ontong Java Plateau could deplete the ocean of oxygen, and it was believed that this massive volcanic activity and the shale deposits were ...

In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, thousands of miles from any continent, Easter Island rises out of the sea. Its surface tells a story of volcanism that began roughly 2.5 million years ago, but ...

A team of geologists led by the University of Maryland and the University of Hawaiʻi finally connected one of the largest volcanic eruptions in Earth’s history with its source deep beneath the Pacific ...

A rhesus monkey scampered toward them, but Blair Schoene and Kyle Samperton GS ’15 just shooed it away. They were too excited by a 15-centimeter-tall ash bed containing an uncommonly large amount of ...

A fiery mystery has puzzled geologists for decades: where did the lava fueling one of Earth’s largest volcanic events come from? A new study may finally have the answer. Scientists have long believed ...

Phobos, the oddly-shaped moon of Mars, has been captured in a series of stunning images gliding above the planet’s volcanic ...

In 2018, Brazilian and British scientists were exploring the seafloor around a volcanic plateau known as the Rio Grande Rise when they spotted rocks that looked like they belonged on dry land.

Africa is home to some of the most extreme treks, including volcanic crater rim hikes. These treks offer adventurers a chance ...

The Ontong Java Plateau, a volcanically-formed underwater plateau located in the Pacific Ocean north of the Solomon Islands, is younger and its eruption was more protracted than previously thought, ...