December 16, 2019 Huge blocks from Anak Krakatau volcano discovered on ocean floor An international team of scientists has mapped huge blocks on the seabed from the recent eruption of the Anak Krakatau volcano.
December 16, 2019 A dark river nearly 1,000 miles long may be flowing beneath Greenland's ice Far below the frozen cover of the Greenland ice sheet sprawls miles of bedrock — and extending through that bedrock for close to 1,000 miles is a valley that may contain a subterranean river, transporting water from central Greenland to the northern coast.
December 13, 2019 'Lost' iron meteorites may lurk beneath Antarctic ice. Scientists are on a quest to find them. Scientists are scouring the remote Antarctic ice cap for rare meteorites chock-full of iron and holding secrets to the history of our solar system going back some 4.5 billion years.
December 11, 2019 Thousands of strange holes discovered off California coast Scientists have discovered thousands of mysterious holes in the seabed off Big Sur, Calif.
December 5, 2019 Small volcano discovered in the Pacific Ocean Researchers have discovered a new, small volcano in the Pacific Ocean off Japan.
November 8, 2019 Earth's mantle and crust are in a fiery battle to the death … of supercontinents Earth's hot, gooey center and its cold, hard outer shell are both responsible for the creeping (and sometimes catastrophic) movement of tectonic plates. But now new research reveals an intriguing balance of power — the oozing mantle creates supercontinents while the crust tears them apart.
November 7, 2019 Volcanic eruption creates one new Pacific island, sinks another A volcanic undersea eruption has created a new Pacific island near Tonga while sinking a small island nearby.
October 29, 2019 Arizona national forest’s 1-ton boulder called 'Wizard Rock' goes missing A 1-ton boulder known as the “Wizard Rock” has mysteriously vanished from a National Forest in Arizona.
October 17, 2019 California launches America's first statewide earthquake early warning system Officials in California unveiled the nation's first statewide earthquake early warning system on Thursday.
October 17, 2019 'Stormquakes' can be triggered on the seafloor by hurricanes, scientists discover Scientists have identified a new seismic phenomenon where hurricanes and major storms cause vibrations on the ocean floor equivalent to a magnitude 3.5 earthquake.
