When tens of thousands of earthquakes shook Santorini, the cause wasn’t just shifting tectonic plates—it was rising magma. Scientists tracked about 300 million cubic meters of molten rock pushing up ...

We know Aotearoa New Zealand is home to many geographically and biologically special features. Yet few of us know it also has ...

More than 1,400 microearthquakes shake Tenerife in 14 hours and trigger scientific alert in Las Cañadas del Teide.

In northeast Ethiopia, the rift shoved continental plates apart by 25 feet in just a few days, completely shocking ...

Earth is constantly moving, although we don’t notice it. Deep beneath the ocean, far away from cities and human activity, huge geological processes are slowly ...

The Center aims to establish a scientific framework for understanding land surface hazards and train a workforce with ...

In volcanoes, fluid inclusions are dominantly composed of CO 2. At magmatic temperatures (1200˚ C or 2192˚ F), the density of the CO 2 strongly depends on pressure, which is influenced by the depth of ...

While the chance for an eruption is extremely low, the supervolcano is still likely to blame. A 2025 study from the United ...

When referred to as a gas, it means a volatile has transitioned into the vapor phase. The most common gases (or vapor phase volatiles) emitted at the surface are water (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), and ...

The Burke Museum hosted a book club meeting Feb. 19, discussing “Spirit Whales and Sloth Tales: Fossils of Washington State” by Elizabeth Nesbitt and David B. Williams. This e ...

Many Hawaiʻi Island communities downwind from the eruptive vents in the southwest portion of Halemaʻumaʻu Crater inside the summit caldera of Kīlauea have been affected by tephra fall since the ...

There have been no immediate reports of damage or injuries and there is no tsunami warning.