The South Pacific blast may have consumed its own methane — but using this idea against the greenhouse gas is controversial.

Fresh fears have erupted in Hawaii after volcanic activity and a powerful earthquake put parts of the island chain under ...

Learn about the underwater volcanic eruption that is disrupting waters near Papua New Guinea, potentially setting the stage for a new island to emerge. A new island could soon pop up in Oceania thanks ...

It's a truism among oceanographers that there is more accurate mapping of the surface of the moon and Mars than of the ...

Residents across the southern Philippines felt the ground lurch beneath them on May 24 when a magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck ...

One of the world's most active volcanoes could begin erupting again over the holiday weekend, according to the U.S.

The 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption remains the deadliest in U.S. history, fundamentally changing how scientists monitor ...

A volcanic eruption on a remote Indonesian island has killed three hikers. Authorities say about 20 climbers set out Thursday to ascend Mount Dukono on Halmahera Island, ignoring safety restrictions.

Led by the University of Delaware’s Andrew Wozniak, associate professor in the School of Marine Science and Policy, a team of scientists recently witnessed a rare seafloor eruption 1,300 miles west of ...

Reykjavik — Icelandic authorities said Friday that a second fissure had formed on the southwestern Reykjanes peninsula after lava started spewing forth for the sixth time in the region since December.

The synchronization of data from two natural climate archives—a speleothem from the Herbstlabyrinth Cave in Hesse (Germany) and ice cores from Greenland—offers new insights into the chronology of ...