Mount Erebus in Antarctica emits 80 grams of crystalline gold into the atmosphere daily. The post Antarctica’s Gold-Spewing ...

A submarine eruption north of Papua New Guinea may be building new land while satellites track its evolution from above.

A slow, eastward-moving current of hot rock deep within Earth may be the primary force feeding Yellowstone’s volcanic system, according to a study published in Science on April 9, 2026. Researchers at ...

Have you ever wanted to look straight into an active volcano? A new USGS helicopter video offers a breathtaking look into ...

Great Sitkin volcano, sitting in Alaska’s central Aleutian Islands, has been slowly pushing lava out of its summit crater ...

When Yellowstone National Park staff arrived to work on Saturday, June 13, they noticed something odd: the Firehole River ...

Bizarre, ice-like domes made of carbon dioxide and water dot the sea floor in one part of the Indian Ocean 1. These solid mixtures of gas molecules and water are called hydrates. They are common on ...

The Great Fairies in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time might be the most important characters that you can meet. Many of them are optional, but all of them reward Link with new powers and abilities ...

When geologists find unusually thick oceanic crust, they usually reach for the same explanation. A mantle plume, which is a column of hot rock rising from deep within Earth, melts its way upward and ...

Plus: Anthropic has called for a global slowdown in AI development. This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of ...