Earth’s continents may look fixed on a globe, but they’ve been drifting, splitting and reforming over billions of years – and ...

How is ventilation at various depth layers of the Atlantic connected and what role do changes in ocean circulation play?

A volcanic eruption in Iceland has sparked the evacuation of the world-famous Blue Lagoon geothermal spa and surrounding areas. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

A tourist hotspot in Iceland has been evacuated after a volcano erupted this morning. The North Atlantic country is on high alert after lava spewed out of the Sundhnúkur volcano on the Reykjanes ...

As oil companies push for drilling on the Amazon coast, an underwater war silences the ocean’s most vocal creatures.

Some of Europe’s best-loved coastlines are disappearing before our eyes. Swathes of Spain’s Costa del Sol, Malta’s wild ...

Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory believe they have a cheaper and potentially more powerful way to monitor seismic activity.

Tuesday's 2.8 magnitude earthquake was strong enough to be noticed by locals despite Pennsylvania not being known for seismic activity.

Central Idaho's quake swarm uncovers an unmapped fault; frequent seismic activity noted.

More than a dozen earthquakes have rattled Central Idaho since Sunday morning in an “unusual flurry” of activity, according to Idaho state geologist Claudio Berti. Berti, who is the director ...

Is it going to blow — or blow over? Seismic activity levels on Alaska’s Mount Spurr soared earlier this week, sparking fear that an eruption could be on the horizon. “Earthquake activity ...

The occurrence of this earthquake is an essential illustration of the fact that while the western United States is often at the forefront of discussions concerning significant earthquake activity ...