A plume of molten rock rising from the depths of the Earth in heartbeat-like pulses is slowly tearing Africa apart—and will ...

Beneath Yellowstone National Park lies something extraordinary—a giant underground chamber filled with molten rock, trapped ...

The magma cap acts as a lid on the pressure and heat beneath, ... The raw data was difficult to interpret because of Yellowstone’s complex geology, which scatters seismic waves, ...

The scientists found the cap by using a 53,000-pound vibroseis truck, a device capable of injecting low-frequency vibrations into the Earth to study the geology of the volcanic system.

Curtis said that she loves Miami’s Geology and Environmental Earth Science program, and all of her research experiences have been incredibly valuable to her. She added that the department sets ...

Underneath Yellowstone National Park, magma bubbles and flows. But exactly how close it is to the surface has long been a mystery to scientists — until now. For the first time, researchers have ...

At the Yellowstone supervolcano, the magma reservoir under the caldera at Yellowstone National Park holds a lot more melt than scientists previously thought.

Geology Yellowstone holds potentially untapped cache of 'carbon-free' helium for rockets, reactors and superconductors Planet Earth An ocean of magma formed early in Earth's history and it may ...

The reason for the temblors was a massive underground river of magma that rapidly shot out from a temporary reservoir called a “sill,” where it had been accumulating about 2.5 miles (4 km) down.

Iceland’s volcanic activity is generally tame compared with explosive eruptions along the Pacific’s Ring of Fire. This time, it’s shaking up a town.

A hydrothermal plant called Svartsengi, near Grindavík, uses the underground heat to provide hot water for several thousand homes plus 75 megawatts of electricity.The plant pumps water through ...