Iliamna volcano in Alaska rumbling despite being dormant for over 100 years, scientists say
By Julia Jacobo
Volcanoes
Eruptions & activity 🌋Earthquakes
Events around the globe 🚨What is life like on an islands where the ground is constantly shaking?
By Junko Ogura & Laura Sharman
Magnitude 6.7 earthquake strikes Indonesia's Tanimbar Islands region, geophysics agency says
Weekend earthquake shakes North Carolina mountains
By Brian Slocum
Another small earthquake recorded in Missouri
By Olivia Tock
Tsunamis
Waves & warnings 🌊Even after Texas flood, S.F. has no plans to fix its defunct tsunami warning sirens
By Aldo Toledo
Massive tsunami swept tree resin and amber from an inland forest out into the seabed
An earthquake just off California's coast poses dire tsunami risk for many communities
By Rong-gong Lin, Rong-Gong Lin II & Grace Toohey
Expert analyses tsunami risk after over 15 earthquakes in the Andaman Sea
Geology
The latest news & research 🌏Ancient river systems suggest that Mars was much wetter than previously believed
By Eric Ralls
Mysterious Blobs Deep Inside Earth May Fuel Deadly Volcanic Eruptions
By Jess Cockerill
Eruption unknown: The case of Yellowstone National Park’s newly recognized geologic unit
The Earth’s Layers Have Been Flipped in This Place
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Meet Mineral Mappers Flying NASA Tech Out West
By Sally Younger
Human-Constructed Dams Have Shifted the Earth's Poles, Scientists Say
By Natalia Mesa
Water storage in dams has caused minute shifts in Earth’s poles
By Samson Reiny
Big dams may have changed how the Earth rotates, new study finds
By Joshua Hawkins
Dams Have Redistributed Earth's Mass, Shifted Its Poles
By Adrianna Nine
True polar wander of 1.13 m (3.72 feet) linked to global dam-building from 1835 to 2011
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Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Science (ROSES)-2025 Released
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Changes in tectonic plates: Africa on the path to splitting in two
Mantle upwelling at Afar triple junction shaped by overriding plate dynamics
By Atalay Ayele, Derek Keir & Matthew J Cooper
Scientists Just Found Earth’s Pulse – And It’s Tearing a Continent Apart
Fresh lava from Earth's mantle found bursting onto the surface where a new ocean is forming
By Eric Ralls
A new ocean is forming in East Africa
By Andrew Paul
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Scientists discover that the oldest continental crust on Earth is disintegrating
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There's a 'ghost' plume lurking beneath the Middle East — and it might explain how India wound up where it is today
By Sascha Pare