Researchers found Earth's orbital changes align with past volcanic eruptions. Climate shifts and massive eruptions occurred ...

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

Deadliest volcanic eruption ... 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 at the boundaries ...

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 ...

Led by Curtin University geologists Chris Kirkland and Tim Johnson, a research team unearthed this primeval crater beneath ...

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 ...

New research into fossilized rock formations in Zimbabwe is shedding light on Earth's nitrogen cycle before the rise of atmospheric oxygen. Scientists analyzing ancient stromatolites—layered rock ...

Beyond the outer core lies the mantle, a 1,800-mile-thick layer of viscous ... Planet Earth, explained Like Venus and Mars, Earth has mountains, valleys, and volcanoes. But unlike its rocky ...

Meanwhile, the United States would be blanketed in a thick layer ... more on the Volcanic Explosivity Index in which at least 240 cubic miles (1,000 km) of material is ejected. In Earth's history ...

The find could hold implications for understanding the origin of life here on Earth.