Earth's continents may look fixed on a globe, but they've been drifting, splitting and reforming over billions of years—and ...

Volcanoes across the country are beginning to wake up and erupt, and no one has a good explanation for why it's happening.

Earth's continents may look fixed on a globe, but they've been drifting, splitting and reforming over billions of years - and they still are. Our new ...

Scientists estimate it will take at least 5 to 10 million years for the Afar region to be fully submerged. When that happens, ...

Scientists say the recent bout of heightened volcanic activity may go on for centuries.  Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

Some people have reported seeing so-called “ witch’s hair ” drifting in the air. These are fine, sharp, glassy needles that ...

Mr. Magnason is an Icelandic writer and filmmaker, he wrote from Reykjavik. Ms. Hallgrimsdottir is an Icelandic photographer.

Beneath the oceans lies a hidden world of submerged continents, mountain ranges, and ancient geological structures, many of ...

Earth has experienced both hot and cold periods over time, though warm times have been more common. That’s true of the last 485 million years, as seen in this timeline reported in 2024. Our genus, ...

I see art as a medium of encounter. Not just with nature, but with forces greater than ourselves,” the artist told Observer.

People have long wondered what life was first like on Earth, and if there is life in our solar system beyond our planet.

In 79 A.D., Roman author Pliny the Elder marveled at how dust could turn to stone. "Who, indeed," he wrote in Naturalis ...