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

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

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

By probing chemical processes observed in the Earth's hot mantle, scientists have started developing a library of basalt-based spectral signatures that not only will help reveal the composition of ...

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 ...

The Lutila Gold Project is located favourably between two of the largest Au-Ag epithermal systems within the Central Slovakia ...

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

If Earth's history were a calendar year, humans would not appear until the last few minutes before midnight on Dec. 31.

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 ...

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 ...