Scientists say they have uncovered new clues in Australia about when plate tectonics began on Earth, the only known planet to ...

Lake Toba in North Sumatra is the largest volcanic lake in the world, formed by a massive ancient eruption that shaped its ...

Mount Shasta presents a unique challenge that most other active volcanoes don't for USGS scientists. The only place to sample ...

The ownership group that famously purchased the Vermont ski area Burke Mountain and, more recently, Smugglers’ Notch, has added two more ski areas to its portfolio. Bear Den Partners was formed last ...

Damage-causing earthquakes are very rare in North Carolina; however, the state has faced a handful of memorable and powerful ...

A team of researchers discovered species new to science, as well as threatened wildlife, in these vast underground habitats ...

But in the American West, it feels like we skipped right to summer. A record-smashing heat dome has settled over a huge swath of the United States, from California to Montana and down to Texas. At my ...

Pink granite boulders sitting mysteriously atop Antarctica’s Hudson Mountains have led scientists to a stunning discovery: a hidden granite mass buried beneath Pine Island Glacier, stretching nearly ...

How does fine dust aggregate into building blocks that ultimately form entire planets like our Earth? A research team led by ...

High in the Rockies, researchers are discovering that wind-borne pollution and rising heat are fueling unprecedented algal blooms ...

Australia's Finke River is 300-400 million years old. The river predates and cuts through the MacDonnell Ranges. Stable tectonics preserved Finke River through planetary changes. Did our AI summary ...

Himalayas formed one of the most glamorous and youngest ranges in the world. They lie between the Indo-Gangetic Plains, in the south and the Tibetan Plateau, in the north to create a natural barrier ...