Back in the 1970s, scientists came up with a revolutionary idea about how Earth's deep interior works. They proposed it is slowly churning like a lava lamp, with buoyant blobs rising as plumes of hot ...

New research suggests the volcanic birth of the Northwest's Columbia Plateau happened much more quickly than previously thought and with an intensity that may have changed the earth's climate and ...

"The Kerguelen Plateau is gigantic, almost the size of Western Australia. Now imagine this area of land covered by lava, several kilometres thick, erupting at a rate of about 0.2 millimetres every ...

The natural monuments that define the territories of native peoples in New Mexico. New Mexico’s northwestern quadrant has been home to a variety of native peoples. The places they chose to live are a ...

Heather Whittle and her dog Django walk along Alder Springs Trail at the junction with the Old Bridge spur trail. Central Oregon is full of geologic beauty, from the Cascades to high lava plateaus to ...