Scientists discovered that volcanic eruptions in India’s Deccan Traps 66 million years ago released gases that altered ...

Volcanoes are cracks in Earth's crust that ... Or the crust can crack open enough to let melted rock from the next layer of Earth, the mantle, rise to the surface. One place this happens is ...

Earth is divided into four layers: the inner core ... pushed upwards by the force of the plates' movement. Tall, steep volcanoes can also form as a result of the denser rock melting and the ...

Layers of lava build up over time, creating volcanoes. Tectonic plates are key. They are large pieces of the Earth’s crust which can move towards, away from, or alongside one another ...

Scientists now know how to drill deep enough to tap into an energy supply that would power the world for more than 20 million ...

In 1831, the Earth shuddered. A massive volcano erupted with such ferocity that it dimmed the skies and cooled the planet. Crops failed, famine spread, and the Northern Hemisphere entered a ...

For billions of years, the Earth's atmosphere was nothing like it ... A recent study suggests that volcanoes may have a much larger role in the process than previously thought.

Earth’s climate isn’t easy to cool down – especially if you want it cold enough for ice caps to form. According to a model of the geological forces shaping the climate over the past 420 ...

A new look at an ancient eruption at Campi Flegrei raises new questions about the propensity of the still-active volcano, located near Naples, to produce major eruptions in the future.