Mantle plumes beneath volcanic hotspots, like Hawaii, Iceland, and the Galapagos, seem to be anchored into a large structure ...

First global map of mantle earthquakes reveals seismic activity far beneath continents, challenging old ideas about Earth’s ...

Measurements of seismic waves over many years suggest the Earth's core is deformed and reshaped by conditions of extreme heat ...

A research group has revealed through seismic wave analysis that the oceanic plate beneath the Ontong Java Plateau—the ...

Learn how seismic waves helped identify rare mantle earthquakes deep below Earth’s crust, offering new insight into the ...

On a ship off the coast of Bermuda, Frederik Simons, an associate professor of geosciences at Princeton University, fastens a rope around a six-foot-tall white cylinder affixed with solar panels and ...

A tsunami stemming from a landslide in a Greenland fjord, caused by melting ice, was behind a surprising seismic event last year that shook the earth for nine days, a researcher told AFP on Friday.

It was the USA's deadliest tornado in decades and the costliest ever recorded: The catastrophic EF5 twister that tore through Joplin, Mo., in May 2011 killed 158 people and injured over 1,000 in a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Aug 06, 2020, 08:42am EDT Aug 06, 2020, 03:59pm EDT This article ...

July 25, 1946, the United States detonated the first underwater nuclear bomb in history. The explosion on a test site of the Bikini Atoll generated a supersonic shock wave, crushing the hulls of ...