Did dinosaurs lose their dominance suddenly or gradually? Some scientists think the answer lies locked within the remnants of long-dormant volcanoes. Massive beds of ancient lava found around the ...

However, early dinosaurs from that period clung on, although researchers are not sure how they survived the hellish conditions. But once the volcanoes had simmered down, few of their competitors ...

Here’s hoping it’s nothing to blow your lid over. A normally quiet “high threat” volcano in Washington state has been rumbling at a record rate — prompting an alert from geologists who ...

Volcanic eruptions caused sulfates to gush into the air and turned Earth into an icebox. Later, dinosaurs came into this ...

Stock image of a volcano (main) and dinosaurs (inset). The mass extinction just before the dinosaurs took over may have been caused by extreme cold rather than extreme warmth like originally thought.

Among the snow-capped volcanoes of the Pacific Northwest, Mount Adams gets relatively little love. There are more glamorous volcanoes to climb (Mount Rainier) or to ski (Mount Hood) or that have ...

Usually, "earthquakes at this volcano are located at a rate of about 1 earthquake every 2-3 years," said the U.S. Geological Survey Cascades Volcano Observatory (CVO). Mount Adams is the second ...

Charlotte Lytton and Matthew Abbott traveled to Tonga to report this story. All photographs were made in May 2023. Sept. 1 at 6:00 a.m. Warning: This graphic requires ...

Sep. 24, 2024 — A mysterious type of iron-rich magma entombed within extinct volcanoes is likely abundant with rare earth elements and could offer a new way to source these in-demand metals ...

Forty-seven people were on White Island, or Whakaari, volcano when it erupted. At least 16 people have died in the tragedy, with two more still missing but presumed dead. More than 30 people were ...

MANILA, Philippines — Taal Volcano erupted in a phreatic event early Thursday morning, October 10, according to the state seismology bureau, Phivolcs The minor phreatic eruption, as captured by ...

something non-dino-nuggie-related in there, like plastic. However, some situations are more serious than others, which is why the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has separated food recalls ...