Japan has completed the world’s most advanced undersea earthquake and tsunami detection system—3,500+ miles of fiber-optic cables linking 186 observatories across the ocean floor. It’s designed to ...

New research from HKU geologists suggests that Earth's first continents were born not from plate tectonics, but from deep ...

Tsunami earthquakes are characterized by the generation of disproportionately large tsunamis relative to the observed ground shaking ...

New research has dramatically reshaped our understanding of Earth’s early geological history, overturning traditional beliefs ...

Neighbors for a Better Crossing is urging a new seismic study before construction proceeds on the $7.5 billion IBR project, ...

The Cascadia Subduction Zone has stayed calm for 300 years. When it finally breaks, it could trigger a huge earthquake ...

Due to the radiative thermal conductivity of the mineral olivine, only oceanic plates over 60 million years old and ...

Oregon State University: subduction zone volcanism Discover Magazine: No, the “Ring of Fire” is Not a Real Thing Health impacts of volcanic ash USGS: How can we tell when a volcano will erupt?

New research reveals that only the oldest and fastest-sinking oceanic plates can transport water deep into Earth’s mantle, ...

Putting aerosols in the stratosphere to reflect sunlight could prevent the shutdown of key ocean currents, but only if it is ...

A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning ...