Jan 30, 2014 by Natali Anderson

An anomalous magma chamber has been observed at 8–11 km depth beneath the upper east rift zone of one of the world’s most active volcanoes –...

Jan 13, 2014 by News Staff

A new study published in the journal PLOS ONE suggests a mural excavated at the Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük in Central Anatolia, Turkey, may be based...

Nov 18, 2013 by News Staff

U.S. seismologists have made a surprising discovery near Mount Sidley in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica – an active volcano smoldering under 1.2 km...

Oct 8, 2013 by News Staff

New research, reported in the Geophysical Research Letters, changes our understanding of how the Hawaiian Islands formed. Haleakala Crater in East Maui...

Oct 3, 2013 by News Staff

Planetary scientists have discovered remnants of giant supervolcanoes in a region in the northern highlands of Mars known as Arabia Terra. The discovery...

Sep 9, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

Oceanographers led by Dr William Sager from the University of Houston have discovered what they say is the biggest single volcano yet documented on our...

Jul 15, 2013 by News Staff

Volcanologists analyzing data on a 2009 eruption sequence at Alaska’s Redoubt Volcano have detected unusually high frequencies of a signal called harmonic...

Jul 14, 2013 by News Staff

Researchers have found geologic evidence that casts doubt on the prevailing theory of what triggered the glaciation of Antarctica. This map shows the present-day...

Feb 12, 2013 by Natali Anderson

A group of researchers from the National Oceanography Center in Southampton has discovered a strange new deep-sea volcanic vent at Hook Ridge near the...

Jan 24, 2013 by Natali Anderson

An international team of researchers from the UK and New Zealand has discovered a previously undocumented type of eruption in underwater volcanoes. Macauley...

May 16, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

Scientists from Britain and Australia have discovered a previously unrecognized volcanic process, similar to one that is used in chocolate manufacturing,...