The Mount Raung volcano erupted, sending an ash cloud two miles high in Indonesia. Dramatic footage shows the stratovolcano emitting a dark plume rising as high as 2,000 metres from the summit on ...

A volcano in the U.S. state of Hawaii has fired fountains of lava some 80 meters into the air in a dramatic eruption on the Big Island, filling its crater with glowing molten rock. The latest eruption ...

The creature, resembling a small elephant with a trunk, was recovered from the Batagaika crater, a huge depression more than ...

Researchers in Siberia are conducting tests on a juvenile mammoth whose remarkably well-preserved remains were discovered in thawing permafrost after more ...

Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. The House Ethics Committee found evidence that ...

Donald Trump has again called to buy Greenland after threatening Canada and eyeing a Panama Canal takeover, among other statements that have critics questioning the president-elect’s potential plans ...

Hunting for Arctic minerals is rough, risky work. Any slip with heavy machinery, and medical help may be a three-hour flight ...

Permafrost thawing could release up to 20 Gt of carbon. SSP126 predicts 119 Gt carbon release, SSP585 up to 252 Gt. Thawing may boost plant growth, partially offsetting carbon losses.

The rarely seen Greenland shark is a sluggish creature ... just completed its 3 ½-month ascent up the steep rim of Jezero Crater on Mars, spotting an unusual zebra-striped rock along the way.

Volcanic materials—including smoldering rocks, lava, and hot, thumb-sized gravel and ash—were ejected up to 8 kilometers (5 miles) from the crater on November 8, according to Hadi Wijaya.

On a brisk August morning in Tasermiut Fjord, southern Greenland, I poke my head from the hatch of my family’s 13-meter sailboat to find frost on the deck and a cloudless sky. It’s weather that ...

New research published in the Earth and Planetary Science Letters journal suggests the moon's oldest crater, the South Pole-Aitken basin, may be round, as opposed to the oval shape than scientists ...