Mass extinction events throughout Earth’s history are characterized as significant disruptions to life on the planet. There ...

A hidden “tear” beneath the continents may have been fueling oceanic volcanoes for millions of years, study reveals.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Rocks from the Christmas Island Seamount appear to come from unusual magma that came from ...

Deep in the south Pacific Ocean, near the remote Solomon Islands, there’s a volcano unlike any other on earth. For one, it’s underwater; and secondly, it’s extremely active. Kavachi, it’s called. And ...

Ash erupted high into the atmosphere from Kīlauea in 2018. Credit: U.S. Geological Survey When the Kīlauea Volcano erupted in May 2018, an enormous amount of ash was released into the atmosphere in a ...

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 lava flow from Kilauea Volcano on Hawaii's Big Island has reached the ocean for the first time since 2013. Lava began flowing on May 24, and traveled 6.5 miles over Pulama Pali to reach the ocean on ...

Most volcanic activity on Earth doesn’t happen on land. It happens out of sight, beneath kilometres of water, where pressure […] ...

The eruptions of some mid-ocean volcanoes may be the echoes of supercontinent breakups that persisted for tens of millions of years after the rearrangement of Earth's surface, a new study suggests.

Satellite data shows deposition of ash from the Kīlauea eruption (top, dark brown) occurred in the same area where a massive phytoplankton bloom (bottom, light blue) formed. When the Kīlauea Volcano ...