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

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 ...

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

Giant regions of the mantle where seismic waves slow down may have formed from subducted ocean crust, a new study finds.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Discover the connection between volcanic events and the rise of Earth's oxygen levels that enabled complex life to thrive.

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