An ultra-durable compound created by Voltage Vessels, a Maui-based company, using fibers of volcanic rock is being tested in ...

Geologists studying some of the planet's oldest volcanic rocks have uncovered new evidence that water was playing a major ...

Water may have been shaping Earth’s deep interior far earlier than many geologists thought. In rocks more than 3 billion years old from Western Australia, a research team found chemical signs that ...

This video shows Ilhéu de Vila Franca do Campo, a small volcanic islet located just off the coast of São Miguel Island, ...

A new study by Dr. Margherita Mussi, published in Quaternary International, highlights how naturally occurring basalt spheres may have been used by hominin species as a type of tool for more than 1 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. With its greenish-brownish color, Erg Chech 002 (EC 002) might ...

An analysis of a 30,000-year-old fossil vulture from Central Italy has revealed for the first time that volcanic rock can preserve microscopic details in feathers—the first ever record of such a ...

One of the largest canyons in our Solar System carved its way through several layers of ancient volcanic eruption debris, a recent study reports. Valles Marineris is a titanic network of deep cracks ...

People in parts of Papua New Guinea are facing an unusual problem. Floating volcanic rock is making boat travel difficult, blocking access to fishing grounds and disrupting daily life in coastal ...

Geologists studying some of the planet’s oldest volcanic rocks have uncovered new evidence that water was playing a major ...