Yellowstone National Park sits atop one of the most studied volcanic systems on Earth, and the question of what a full-scale caldera-forming eruption would do to the United States draws enormous ...

In the whole history of Earth's climate, few events are as extreme as those that geologists call "Snowball Earth." ...

About 56 million years ago, Europe and North America began pulling apart to form what became the ever-expanding North Atlantic Ocean. Vast amounts of molten rock from Earth's mantle reached the ocean ...

NASA’s breathtaking space photo reveals the hidden beauty of Zimbabwe’s Great Dyke, a 2.5-billion-year-old geological ...

Earth’s magnetic field, generated deep within the planet’s liquid iron core, has been bending, stretching, and occasionally flipping for billions of years. That invisible shield determines whether ...

Minor earthquakes happen in and around New York more often than many people realize. This map shows where they've struck over the past decades - and how close some may have been to you.

Re:Public reports that America's trails are vanishing due to climate change, underfunding, and poor maintenance, risking ...

"Fire of Love" director Sara Dosa returns with a much colder but equally beautiful film about the first glacier to "die" from climate change. A nature doc mixed with autobiography, “Time and Water” is ...

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Winter is here, which means skiers and snowboarders are preparing to get back on the slopes as soon as possible, ensuring their gear is in order and the logistics are handled. If you're among that ...

With winter already nearly upon us, this is your annual reminder that you can check road conditions for snow and ice along your commute before you leave the house. The city of Rochester tracks the ...

ABSTRACT: The Camargo Volcanic Field (CVF), located in the southeastern portion of the Mexican state of Chihuahua, is part of the Basin & Range province. With a surface of nearly 3000 km2 and composed ...