Volcanic eruptions are perhaps nature's most terrifying display of power. Catastrophic eruptions of volcanoes like Mount Vesuvius, Krakatoa, and Mount St. Helens have gone down as some of the most ...

An island could form in the Bismarck Sea, north of Papua New Guinea, as a new underwater volcano erupts close to the surface.

Researchers studying the Galapagos Rift discovered that Pacific white skates have been depositing egg cases directly on ...

The discovery of 73 underwater volcanoes could help scientists prepare for disasters like the one in Tonga. They cause one of the strongest eruptions, yet are hardly understood. Scientists have warned ...

Though it was ebb tide, the waves continued to relentlessly erode the mass of mud volcano material that claimed their free ...

The seafloor plays an important ecological and societal role. Understanding the processes that shape this environment will ...

Seismic waves have revealed that the oceanic plate beneath the Ontong Java Plateau was dramatically transformed by the ...

A newly discovered underwater volcanic eruption north of Papua New Guinea is unfolding in one of the world's most poorly mapped ocean basins. Satellites have spotted steam plumes, ash, thermal ...

Earth was once covered by a global magma ocean, which later cooled and crystallised – now traces of this primordial event have been found in magma from a young volcano in the Indian Ocean ...

Tonga launch their first Commonwealth Games netball campaign on Saturday in Glasgow when they face Australia, the world's ...

Tired of seeing things the usual way? Time to go beyond the standard expectations of what you’re allowed to see and do, and ...

Mountains may look timeless, but they are constantly changing. Some continue to rise while others stop growing because gravity, rivers and Earth's moving plates work together to shape every peak. Here ...