Ancient volcanic rocks from Western Australia suggest that water was reaching deep into Earth’s interior more than three ...

Seismic waves have revealed that the oceanic plate beneath the Ontong Java Plateau was dramatically transformed by the ...

Discover 25 mind-blowing facts about the continents and plates beneath your feet! Explore Earth's restless geology, from ...

In the 45°C heat of the midday April sun, I swing my sledgehammer into the terracotta-varnished lobes of pillow basalt overlooking a sparse, almost Martian landscape. Up close, the rock is freckled ...

Like tectonic plates colliding, humanism and the humanities are confronting movements that question long-held definitions of the human person.

Japan experiences around 1,500 earthquakes that are strong enough to be felt every year, a staggering figure that would seem disastrous for most countries. Yet, despite sitting at one of the most ...

The two earthquakes that struck Venezuela on Wednesday, March 24, measuring 7.5 and 7.2 on the Richter scale, respectively, have already left more than 900 people dead, more than 3,000 injured, and ...

At least 920 people died and nearly 3,000 were injured June 24 after two devastating earthquakes hit a minute apart in northern Venezuela, the Caribbean nation with a long and deadly quake history.