Archaeologists in Italy have made a stunning discovery that adds to our understanding of ancient Roman life. Subscribe to our ...

Formed by a volcanic collapse thousands of years ago, Crater Lake sits within a vast caldera in Oregon. Its clarity and depth ...

Crater Lake National Park is famous for its deep blue waters and volcanic origins. Visitors can view Wizard Island, a cinder ...

There aren't many places on the planet where you can see both active volcanoes and massive glaciers. This Icelandic national ...

Popocatépetl emerged in the crater of other volcanoes in its current form more than 20,000 years ago and has been active ...

When comedian Ben Miller applied to become an artist-in-residence at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, he was shocked when he ...

On a geological tour of this ancient part of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Nicola Chilton learns about the wondrous landscape ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. How and if a volcano explodes depends on how and when bubbles of ...

The presence of deformation bands (DBs) associated with porous volcaniclastic rocks, it is ubiquitous but poorly described. In Trindade Island, the Paredão Volcano's lapilli tuffs are deposited during ...

When you think of the United States, images of sprawling cities and vast landscapes might come to mind, but not the hidden and ever-present geological threat: volcanoes. While you might associate ...

A new study used earthquake waves to peer under the Cascade Range, revealing persistent pockets of magma beneath several quiet peaks. These pockets are not full lakes of magma, but zones of partial ...

Yes! Many other planets and planetary bodies (I mean moons) experience these geological phenomena. In some cases, we have been able to directly measure earthquakes and see volcanoes erupting. We have ...