Learn how a computer simulation demonstrates that tectonic activity may be less slow and steady than previously thought.

At the end of the last Ice Age, around 10,000 years ago, the melting of massive glaciers may have done more than just raise ...

New underwater discoveries off Spain may prove Atlantis was real. Explore the evidence, the science, and what this means for ...

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Seismic waves from earthquakes have always offered a window into Earth’s hidden interior. For decades, researchers believed ...

Use precise geolocation data. Actively scan device characteristics for identification. Store and/or access information on a ...

Scientists have found a chain of underwater volcanoes near the Cook Islands, which are situated in the sea between French Polynesia and American Samoa — a beautiful forgotten territory of the United ...

Staff turnover at Hawaiʻi County has stalled the use of new measures meant to penalize property owners with illegal junkyards ...

Future missions to Venus could also supply additional data on the density and temperature of the planet's crust, which could be used to test the researchers' hypothesis. If crustal convection is ...

For a few days in 1959, the cast of “Journey to the Center of the Earth” assembled near Amboy where the cinder cone was ...

Nearly three-fourths of Earth is covered by oceans, making the planet look like a pale blue dot from space. But Japanese ...