Tamu Massif made news in 2013, thought to be the world's largest volcano. New research offers a better look at the volcano's formation and throws doubt on that claim.

New clues to the origin of massive underwater volcano, Tamu Massif

Along the North Anatolian Fault, Anatolia and the Eurasian Earth Plate push past each other. Image reproduced from the GEBCO world map 2014, www.gebco.net

Istanbul: Seafloor study proves earthquake risk for the first time

When carbon emissions pass a critical threshold, it can trigger a spike-like reflex in the carbon cycle, in the form of severe ocean acidification that lasts for 10,000 years, according to a new MIT study.

Breaching a ‘carbon threshold’ could lead to mass extinction

Polar ice caps on Mars are a combination of water ice and frozen CO2. Like its gaseous form, frozen CO2 allows sunlight to penetrate while trapping heat. In the summer, this solid-state greenhouse effect creates pockets of warming under the ice, seen here as black dots in the ice.

A material way to make Mars habitable

A fresh surface rupture of the Kekerengu fault, taken 4 days after the Kaikoura earthquake, with lead author Jesse Kearse leaning next to a curved slickenline (the subject of this article). Photo credit - Professor Tim Little (Victoria University of Wellington).

Curved slickenlines preserve the direction of rupture propagation

earthquake in Southern California

11% chance of another huge earthquake in Southern California, scientists say

Turquoise Rock

Turquoise : What is Turquoise? How Turquoise Is Formed?

Anak Krakatau in Lampung, Indonesia, in 2018

Water drives explosive eruptions: Magma is wetter than we thought

False colour Landsat 8 satellite image of Saunders Island and the lava lake within the crater of Mount Michael (image acquired 31/01/2018). Inset map shows the location of Saunders Island.

Discovery of rare lava lake on remote sub-Antarctic island

This 2.1-billion-year-old sediment from a clay formation in Gabon has high concentrations of potassium, which could only have been caused by ancient microbes, according to new research.

Scientists develop new method for studying early life in ancient rocks

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