New research reveals a “major mystery” deep beneath the planet’s bodies of water and crust, and now experts are rethinking ...
Geoscientists have used earthquakes to study the composition of the lower portion of the Earth’s mantle under the Pacific ...
Unexpected mantle structures hint at ancient or unknown materials, challenging current tectonic theories and prompting deeper ...
Everyone knows California is disaster-prone. But wildfires are supposed to be in the hills, not on the beach, and certainly not inside the borders of one of the biggest and best-prepared cities on the ...
An undersea volcano off the Oregon coast will likely erupt in 2025, and scientists can use the lessons learned from ...
For centuries, rogue waves were considered nothing but nautical folklore. It wasn't until 1995 that myth became fact. On the first day of the new year, a nearly 26-meter-high wave (85 feet) suddenly ...
An earthquake registering a magnitude of 3.7 shook part of the San Francisco Bay Area. People had reported feeling a quick jolt.
Footage of a firefighting plane picking up water from the Pacific Ocean to beat back the wildfires currently burning in Los Angeles has only added fuel to a debate taking place among onlookers on ...
An American aircraft carrier continued to patrol the South China Sea, and a Chinese "flattop" concluded a sea trial.
A long-awaited La Nina has finally appeared, but meteorologists say the periodic cooling of Pacific Ocean waters is weak and ...