After suspecting the presence of a series of underwater volcanoes near the Cook Islands, researchers have now mapped out the ...

After suspecting the presence of a series of underwater volcanoes near the Cook Islands, researchers have now mapped out the ...

Global warming is driven by under-sea volcanoes; hot, 40,000-mile-long mid-ocean mountain ridges and rifts, ocean currents, and the amount of sunlight penetrating Earth’s surface. Man’s puny 0 ...

A geologically dynamic region in the Great Rift Valley is closely watched by scientists as a fascinating natural laboratory.

deep under the earth's surface. Scientists see it as a fascinating natural laboratory that will culminate in a north-south continental split—and ultimately create a new ocean—along the great ...

"Activity of microorganisms in the ocean played a central role in the evolution ... dynamic behavior of biogeochemical cycles under late Archean conditions. We built upon our shared experience ...

The history of Jews in the Hawaiian Islands, when they arrived, what happened during World War II, and what their lives are ...

Hidden in the stormy Furious Fifties, the South Sandwich Islands generate spectacular cloud formations. Winds sweeping past volcanic peaks create swirling vortex streets, while volcanic emissions ...