It's difficult to imagine that a volcano erupting clouds of rock and ash into the skies above Alaska's Aleutian Islands could influence goings on in ancient Rome. But that's exactly what a team of ...

HILO When you think of GPS, what typically comes to mind? Your phone, the navigation in your car or maybe your watch? In addition to the US constellation, there are 3 other Global Navigation Satellite ...

Geodesy is the science of accurately measuring and understanding the Earth’s geometric shape, gravity field, and orientation in space — and how these change through time. Many geodesists today map ...

Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano has long drawn attention for its size, constant activity, and glowing plumes of smoke and ash, ...

The shape of volcanoes and their craters provide critical information on their formation and eruptive history. Techniques applied to photographs -- photogrammetry -- show promise and utility in ...

When individuals hear volcanoes, they tend to envision blazing eruptions blasting into the air. However, volcanoes can also collapse sideways, with their sides, or flanks, collapsing. Such a collapse ...

The discovery of an active underwater volcano off Canada’s Pacific coastline has revealed an unexpectedly vibrant deep-sea habitat centred around the life cycle of the Pacific white skate. Long ...

Mount Agung in Bali has been thrusting ash thousands of feet into the sky for almost two weeks. Lava is burbling at the volcano’s peak. Indonesian authorities have ordered evacuations around Agung, ...

Volcano tourism isn’t new. After all, getting closer to a violent volcanic eruption didn’t work out too well at Pompeii in 79 A.D. for Pliny the Elder. He sailed across the bay to rescue friends but ...

An active underwater volcano off Canada's coast has revealed a vibrant deep-sea habitat, teeming with hundreds of thousands of Pacific white skate eggs. This geothermally active seamount provides a ...