Dozens of companies and academic groups are pitching the same theory: that sinking rocks, nutrients, crop waste or seaweed in ...

Ray Isle explores the distinctive character of some of California’s best wines at stops along a destructive fault line.

Scientists have long been puzzled by volcanoes that erupt far from the edges of tectonic plates—known as intraplate volcanoes ...

Scientists have determined that at least six new aquatic species have been thriving under an Antarctic ice shelf.

A calving iceberg exposed a region that never before had been seen by human eyes, revealing a vibrant, thriving ecosystem ...

When science reporters miss the chance to pick up on these storylines, the public can miss out on opportunities to get ...

Hidden in the stormy Furious Fifties, the South Sandwich Islands generate spectacular cloud formations. Winds sweeping past ...

Mount Spurr, located about 75 miles West of Anchorage, has been acting up in recent weeks, prompting officials at the U.S.

Tell me if you’ve heard this one before: a volcano scientist who does her work in the middle of the Pacific Ocean—at the ...

Scientists exploring the Pacific Ocean have uncovered a bizarre “yellow brick road” on the seafloor.

It is widely believed that Earth's atmosphere has been rich in oxygen for about 2.5 billion years due to a relatively rapid increase in microorganisms capable of performing photosynthesis. Researchers ...

Scientists discovered that volcanic eruptions in India’s Deccan Traps 66 million years ago released gases that altered Earth’s climate.