New gas vents have opened on the slopes of Mount Spurr volcano in Alaska. According to volcanologists from the Alaska Volcano Observatory, increased gas emissions, seismic activity, and ground ...

New gas vents have opened on the slopes of Mount Spurr volcano in Alaska. According to volcanologists from the Alaska Volcano ...

Subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the North American Plate creating the Aleutian trench and volcanic island arc (Credit: Alaska Volcano Observatory). Click image for a larger view.

Kilauea began continuously releasing lava from its summit caldera inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on Wednesday morning ...

With the discovery in 1953 of the Great Global Rift, a volcanic valley running along ... the presence of island arcs, the deep sea trenches, and the origin of the midocean ridges.

A recent study published in Archaeology in Oceania explores the oral, linguistic, genetic and archaeological evidence ...

Increasing volcanic activity at the over 11,000-foot ... Spurr is one of a string of volcanos on the Aleutian Arc, an arc of islands with more than 80 named volcanos stretching the Southwest ...

Successive eruptions have allowed the island to reach an area of 12.2 hectares ... This zone, where three tectonic plates meet, is known for its deep ocean trenches and intense volcanic arcs. The ...

Greece said Santorini is safe and ready to welcome tourists as the first cruise ship of the season docked on Sunday.