Scientists warn that Earth faces an unusual danger as glaciers disappear. About 1,000 glaciers vanish each year, and this ...

If the theory is proven correct, the consequences could be enormous, spelling a much more risky, explosive future.

To experience a volcanic eruption is to witness nature’s raw power. If you would like to see one for yourself, Iceland is a great location for it. Since 2021, seven eruptions have taken place along ...

The 2021 "Fagradalsfjall Fires" eruptions may have been triggered by magma pooling just underneath the ground, contrary to what scientists initially thought. An eruption of the Fagradalsfjall volcano ...

A long-slumbering "supervolcano" in Italy is getting closer to a potential eruption for the first time since 1538, a new study warns — and the consequences could be catastrophic. The Campi Flegrei ...

The Earth's mantle might not always move along in lockstep with the overlying tectonic crust—as set out in science textbooks for decades—but may instead behave differently. This is the conclusion of ...

Scientists from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography have detected geochemical signatures of magma pooling and melting beneath the subsurface during the “Fagradalsfjall Fires”, that ...

Natural disasters, from wildfires, floods and mudslides in western states to large earthquakes in Japan, have rocked, burned and flooded parts of the world in the first months of 2025. What’s next?

Volcanoes are a powerful force of nature. There are about 1500 active volcanoes on our planet right now. A volcano is an opening in the Earth's crust that allows lava and other volcanic matter to ...

Continental crust and granitic plutons -- Chemical composition of continental crust and the primitive mantle -- Origin of magmas of the Bowen's series -- Search for the formation mechanism of ...