New research suggests that Earth’s orbital variations—the slow changes in its tilt, axial precession, and shape of its ...

Tell me if you’ve heard this one before: a volcano scientist who does her work in the middle of the Pacific Ocean—at the ...

The impact of hurricanes when they travel over land, or when they affect ships or oil-drilling platforms, are quite well understood. But these huge cyclones also stir up the ocean itself, with ...

Deep beneath the icy waters of the Barents Sea, scientists have uncovered an extraordinary geological phenomenon—a 7,000-year-old mud volcano teeming with marine life. Named the Borealis Mud ...

Lava from Kilauea volcano pours out of tubes into the Pacific ... percent of Hawaii’s lava tubes have been mapped. “The deep sea, outer space, and caves: Those are the only frontiers left ...

This movement results in deep ocean trenches, volcanic eruptions ... The Ring of Fire is also where an estimated 75% of the planet’s volcanoes are located, such as Mount Tambora of Indonesia ...

Could lumpy metallic rocks in the deepest, darkest reaches of the ocean be making oxygen in the absence of sunlight?

Triton was the first submersible to reach the deepest points of all five oceans. Journalist Susan Casey shares her experience ...

Mud volcanoes, as their name suggests ... an important role in oil and gas extraction activities and the emerging deep-sea mining industry,” she added. Banner image of the underwater Borealis ...