Located 700 kilometers (440 miles) east of Madagascar, Réunion Island is the product of a long-lived mantle hotspot on the ...

When we say 'global warming’, we mean that it is the long-term heating of the earth’s surface observed since the ...

U.S. Geological Survey volcano alert level — an indication of ground-based status of volcanic activity — and aviation color ...

More than 90% of homes in Iceland do not use gas or electricity for heating, but instead take advantage of water from the ...

Jupiter’s moon Io is the most volcanically active place in the solar system. Let me tell you just how volcanic it is.

Kilauea volcano began shooting lava into the air once again Tuesday on the Big Island of Hawaii. This is the ninth episode of ...

Indonesia, a vast archipelago of more than 280 million people, sits on major seismic faults and is frequently hit by ...

An undersea magnitude 7.4 earthquake toppled buildings in parts of northern Indonesia, sent people fleeing from their homes, ...

The U.S. Geological Surveys says that a powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake has struck in the Molucca Sea region northeast of ...

Interior of the reconstructed Viking Age chieftain's hall (longhouse) at the Lofotr Viking Museum in Borg, Norway. This reconstruction represents the massive high-status farmsteads that defined the ...

Guatemala's Volcano of Fire has begun erupting, and authorities have evacuated nearly 300 families while warning that another ...

One of the most significant volcanic eruptions in the recent history of our planet occurred over 7,000 years ago in southern ...