How do volcanoes work? What happens beneath their surface? What causes the vibrations—known as tremor—that occur when magma or gases move upward through a volcano's conduits? Professor Dr. Miriam ...

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 ...

Nicolas Flament receives funding from the Australian Research Council, Anglo American and De Beers. Annalise Cucchiaro receives funding from the Australian Research Council, Anglo American and De ...

Earth’s core is apparently a bit leakier than scientists expected. In a new study published in Nature, researchers describe evidence that traces of precious metals from Earth’s metallic core, ...

A newly-deployed satellite has created the most-detailed map yet of the ocean floor, finding hundreds of hills and underwater volcanoes that were previously missed. When you purchase through links on ...