The Midcontinent Rift is a giant tear that formed in what is now the U.S. Midwest 1.1 billion years ago. Nicknamed North ...

Samples of produced oil from Heavy Sweet's Asphalt Ridge project, which is located next to the P.R. Spring in the Unita Basin, confirm oil composition and above-ground facilities have been designed ...

Scientists confirm Zealandia, Earth's eighth continent, submerged almost two million square miles, with only 5% above water.

Two tropical waves moved off the coast of Africa this week as we approach the Memorial Day weekend and the start of hurricane ...

Mountains rise, volcanoes spew, and Earth itself quakes as the crust constantly remakes itself in the ceaseless cycle of ...

One United States Representative has spoken in favor of changing the Gulf of Mexico’s title to “Gulf of America,” as directed in an executive order signed by President Donald Trump earlier this year.

No tropical cyclone activity is expected over the next seven days, but Hurricane Center forecasters are watching the tropics ...

The 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption began with a steady series of earthquakes in March. By April it began spewing smoke, ...

The National Hurricane Center said there are no tropical disturbances in the Atlantic basin and no tropical cyclone activity is expected during the next seven days, which includes the Memorial Day ...

In 1905, a 13-year-old boy, Ben Sands, stumbled upon a remarkable discovery deep within the Craighead Caverns in Tennessee.

Long before the Great Lakes, a rift nearly tore North America in half—leaving behind Lake Superior’s depth, copper-rich ridges, and stories still told today.