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 ...

A new study traces a 120-million-year-old 'super-eruption' to its source, offering new insights into Earth's complex geological history.

A groundbreaking study led by scientists from the University of Maryland and the University of Hawaiʻi has finally solved a ...

Earth scientists from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, University of Maryland and others finally connected the dots ...

The Pacific Plate is cracking from within, overturning tectonic theories. Hidden undersea faults show Earth’s strongest plate ...

One hotspot may have formed the Pacific’s largest volcanoes, linking the Ontong-Java Plateau to the Louisville Ridge.

“Where did things go?” Eventually it clicked: He and the sub’s other passengers were witnessing the tail end of a submarine volcanic eruption that had entombed the flourishing ecosystem ...

The 2018 eruption of the Kīlauea volcano had unexpected consequences on marine ecosystems thousands of kilometers away. A recent study reveals how volcanic ash triggered a massive phytoplankton bloom ...