Rivers began pumping weathered material into the sea about a billion years after Earth formed, suggesting continents may have gotten an early start.

Certain metallic rocks seem to be making oxygen in the dark, without light or sunshine, at the bottom of the ocean.

The Lanzarote lava tube system is an accessible testing ground for DLR's SCOUT Rover, tailor-made for navigating the complex ...

A relatively small amount of groundwater trickling through Alaska's tundra is releasing huge quantities of carbon into the ...

The unusual holes in the ocean didn't reveal an underwater volcano or some hydrothermal vents, but rather something remarkable.

A new study finds that the rate of ocean warming has more than quadrupled over the past 40 years—and pinpoints why.

On Dec. 27, 2024, NASA's Juno spacecraft swooped by the volcanic world Io. It witnessed a giant eruption.

A massive underwater volcano known as Axial Seamount could erupt soon, completely reshaping the floor of the Pacific Ocean.

Using a nearly 200-year record of lava chemistry from Kīlauea and Mauna Loa on the Big Island, scientists from University of ...

The primordial beauty of Four Seasons Hualalai is hard to put into words. The eruptions of black lava rock protruding out of ...

Off the coast of Oregon, a massive undersea volcano, Axial Seamount, is gearing up for its next eruption. Situated 300 miles ...