The University of the Witwatersrand has launched two initiatives that place Africa at the centre of global earth-science innovation.

The heavy flooding in Cebu and Negros caused by Typhoon Tino shows the hazards resulting from atmospheric and geologic ...

Colin Polsky, professor of geosciences and associate vice president of Broward campuses at Florida Atlantic University, will tackle that question at the Climate Adaptation Center’s fifth annual ...

Researchers are deliberately setting off real (small) earthquakes to understand how to gauge the danger of a fault line ...

The case began way back in 2002 with the extraordinary collapse of an ice shelf called Larsen B in the eastern Antarctic ...

When an Antarctic glacier was sparked into rapid retreat three years ago, it left scientists scratching their heads as to ...

In this week’s column, geologist and earthquake expert Lori Dengler addresses “the two greatest tsunamis to hit both coasts ...

Nanoplume’s progress in the argy-bargy of the start-up world perfectly illustrates the challenges and joys of the ...

As one of the most unpredictable natural disasters, University of Oregon geologists are teaming up with institutions nationwide to study them.

Researchers discovered microbial communities thriving in ultra-alkaline deep-sea mud volcanoes with pH 12, among the highest ...

The mind-blowing pace of retreat from the Hektoria Glacier is reminiscent of glacial retreats from the Ice Ages.

Glacier erosion is transforming Earth's landmass at an astonishing rate. Artificial intelligence reveals how melting ice ...