A baby island burst out of the South Pacific Ocean three years ago during a volcanic explosion in the Polynesian kingdom of Tonga, and now NASA scientists think it could be here to stay for decades.

Journey across global tectonic hotspots to explore volcanic processes, landforms, and plate margins with vivid footage and expert explanations. Preview: Journey across global tectonic hotspots to ...

An international team of researchers, including a glaciologist at Newcastle University, UK, has discovered remarkably well-preserved glacial landforms buried almost 1 km beneath the North Sea. The ...

For the first time, scientists have created a global geologic map of Jupiter's moon Io, the most volcanically active object in the solar system. The map, which was published this week by the U.S.