Oregon’s state geologist is pitching a novel idea of using the region’s rocky basalt layer – born of lava that flowed ...

By probing chemical processes observed in the Earth's hot mantle, Cornell scientists have started developing a library of ...

Layers of volcanic rock in eastern Oregon, the Willamette Valley and the Columbia Basin have created fertile soil for farming ...

Glaciers that are within three miles of a volcano move nearly 50% quicker than average, a new study has found, which could ...

Ash and volcanic rock called pumice then covered Pompeii and its residents, preserving scenes of the victims of the city’s destruction like an eerie time capsule. Excavations first began to ...

We have an extremely incomplete picture of what these snowball periods looked like, and Antarctic terrain provides different ...

For a different type of island getaway, head to Italy, where you can relax on black sand beaches and watch an active volcano ...

Volcanic Theatre Pub is a place for kinds of music, from jammy jams to jazz, emo to electronica and folk to funk. But for the ...

At least nine people died after Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki in Flores Island, Nusa Tenggara province, eastern Indonesia erupted ...

The exhibit concludes with what organizers describe as a "4D" film about Pompeii — "4D" because it includes fog effects and a ...

I’m no dummy. I write about music in Bend, Oregon, which is full of people who love jam bands. So here you go: Karina ...

Layers of volcanic rock in eastern Oregon, the Willamette Valley and the Columbia Basin have created fertile soil for farming ...