With advancing technology, accessing even the most remote locations of the world has become convenient. Making use of drones for the first time, the Arizona Geological Survey (AZGS) is ...

There's a 2-mile-long crack in the desert of Arizona. At 10 feet wide and up to 30 feet deep in some parts, it is the largest of its kind. It continues to grow. Follow BI Video: On Twitter More ...

While forecasting Earth's distant future is complex, geologists have identified an area where this process is already underway. A 35-mile-long fissure in Ethiopia's desert, first detected in 2005 ...

Fissure eruptions typically dwindle to those ... Magma is molten or partially molten rock beneath the Earth's surface. When magma erupts onto the surface, it is called lava. Magma typically ...

The Earth's continents are far from constant ... Ethiopia experienced earthquakes that caused the appearance of a 35-mile-long fissure in the desert called the East African Rift.

The discovery of a world-wide undersea mountain range that has a deep fissure down its center has suggested to some geologists that the earth may be slowly expanding rather than contracting ...

Moving tectonic plates can cause earthquakes, which then create fissures (these are weaknesses or small tears in the Earth’s crust). When fissures appear, the magma beneath the surface has an ...