No British territory has more volcanoes than South Georgia and the ... Plate slides under the tiny Sandwich Plate, volcanic islands form as magma rises from the mantle in this subduction zone.

Nestled in the southern region of Isabela, Sierra Negra Volcano stands majestically over Isabela Island, rising nearly 3,700 feet high. Admirers far and wide are drawn to Sierra Negra to peer into ...

Geologists studying Easter Island recently opened up another mystery centered around the famous region. A team from Colombia’s Universidad de Los Andes, led by Cuban geologist Yamirka Rojas-Agramonte, ...

The Earth's mantle might not always move along in lockstep with the overlying tectonic crust—as set out in science textbooks for decades—but may instead behave differently. This is the conclusion of ...

Centuries of eruptions on the Big Island have created hidden networks of passages beneath volcanoes. In December 2016 a large lava delta formed by Kilauea volcano sank into the sea, exposing the ...

Japan has a new tiny island thanks to an ongoing eruption from an underwater volcano. The 328-foot-wide island emerged in the Ogasawara Island chain, about half a mile from Iwoto (formerly known ...

A strong batting performance by the Windwards Islands Volcanoes’ top order helped to keep their slim hopes alive of making the semifinals of the ...