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Seismic Imaging Reveals Ultra-Thin Crust at Turkana Rift Signaling Advanced Breakup Stage

The result points to a rift segment closer to new seafloor than once thought, with any ocean still millions of years away.

Kīlauea’s 45th Summit Eruption Sends Lava 1,000 Feet High

Mars Orbiter Finds Dark Volcanic Ash Spreading Across Utopia Planitia

Study Redates Chile’s Monte Verde to Under 8,200 Years

Science Study Re-Dates Chile’s Monte Verde, Challenging Pre‑Clovis Timeline

Ubiquitous Carbon Film Found to Control Static Charge Flow on Insulating Oxides

Lava From Réunion’s Piton de la Fournaise Reaches the Sea for First Time Since 2007

Lava From Piton de la Fournaise Cuts Réunion’s RN2 for First Time Since 2007

Kīlauea’s Latest Eruption Lofts Lava to New Heights, Prompts Rare Ashfall Warning

Kīlauea’s Latest Summit Eruption Sends 30,000-Foot Ash Plume, Triggers Park and Highway Closures

Chinese Study Names Four Rimae Bode Sites for First Crewed Moon Landing

Hawaiʻi Man Dies After Entering Closed Area Near Kīlauea Caldera, NPS Says

Echinus Geyser Reawakens in Yellowstone, Then Eases After Mid-February Burst

Magnitude 4.5 Quake Strikes Beneath Mount Etna, Rattling Eastern Sicily

Scientists Confirm Hydrothermal Activity at Enmedio Submarine Volcano

Mud Volcano Near San Juan de Urabá Erupts in Fiery Blast, Forcing Evacuations and Damaging Infrastructure

Magnitude 4.1 Quake Rattles Tenerife and Gran Canaria Near Enmedio Volcano

Mud Diapir Erupts in San Juan de Urabá With No Injuries Reported

Oxford Study Finds Moon’s Magnetic Field Was Mostly Weak Through Its History

Mexico City Warns of Popocatépetl Ashfall Over Eight Boroughs in Next 18 Hours