KOCHI: Twenty years ago — on December 26, 2004 — deep beneath the Indian Ocean near the island of Sumatra, a 1,300km-long rupture occurred on the faultline betw ...

John Sclater, a geophysicist at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and a member of the first wave of ...

The volcanology agency said it was keeping the highest alert status for the volcano, which remains very active.

In a groundbreaking scientific achievement, researchers have successfully drilled the deepest-ever core sample from Earth's ...

The Ring of Fire is a string of Pacific volcanoes. Eruptions are a constant threat for Indonesia and other nations ...

Everest, about 60 million years ago, was the rapid movement of India northward toward the continent of EuroAsia; Click here for a present-day map of the Indian ... Earth's tectonic plates like ...

Earthquakes are among the most powerful natural forces on Earth, often causing widespread devastation, triggering tsunamis and altering the landscape of a region. But how strong was the strongest ...

There are countless waterfalls in the Kimberley, crafted millions of years ago through the pressure created by uplifting tectonic plates. The forces resulted ... reef with rock pools and rivulets. The ...

The collision of tectonic plates can lead to their edges getting ... made up of cinders or small pieces of solidified lava; and the Mid-ocean ridge, which is an active volcanic mountain range ...

Beneath the waves of the South Pacific lies Zealandia, a submerged landmass spanning nearly two million square miles. Often ...