When volcanic eruptions make headlines, the images often depict fiery lava and towering ash clouds. But beneath Antarctica’s ...

Recent scientific studies reveal that melting ice sheets in West Antarctica might trigger volcanic activity, creating a cycle ... magma to expand. It applies pressure upon the surrounding rock ...

eventually becoming magma that turns into new igneous rock. Most of Earth's surface has renewed itself in this way. However, ancient crystals called zircons have escaped the rock cycle.

You can kayak through the rock maze or hit the trails for killer views, but here’s the catch: don’t plan on swimming. The ...

This discovery could completely reshape what we know about Earth’s water cycle ... of magma nearly 400 miles below North America, which suggest that water from the surface can be pushed down through ...

We analyse the temporal evolution of rock fracturing during a production cycle using the analysis of fracture-induced ... This scenario is similar to a collapsing caldera or the inverse of an ...

Beneath the park’s surface lies a massive magma chamber, stretching between 5 and 10 miles ... such as last summer's hydrothermal explosion that sent hot water and rocks flying—it remains a stable and ...

UNLV geoscientist Arya Udry shares what motivates her in studying space, her work on the Mars Perseverance mission, and the world of knowledge a meteorite can bring.

Microbes - alive and thriving -- have been found sealed within a fracture of 2-billion-year-old rock beneath Earth's surface.