Kris Wang is a fourth-year undergraduate student at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, where he is studying geosciences with a focus on volcanology and igneous petrology.

Not a US flag in sight Researchers from China are narrowing down the landing sites for the nation’s first crewed mission to the Moon, set to take place before 2030.… Using multiple orbital datasets, a ...

Skip the long drive home and stay right in the Ozarks. These Missouri Airbnbs near waterfall trails offer the perfect home ...

U.S. road trip ideas in the American West, from Alaska glaciers and Utah's Mighty Five to California's Highway 1 and New Mexico's desert towns.

Following the last two years, the Lapworth Museum of Geology is proud to once again celebrate International Women's Day with ...

In 2007, a man identified only as J. Tomanec discovered a unique rectangular stone in the garden of his home in Morkuvky, a small village in the southeastern Czech Republic. The object, which had long ...

UC College of Arts and Sciences Professor Thomas Algeo has been studying the planet's five major mass extinctions since the Ordovician Period, when global sea levels were much higher than today. In a ...

Hundreds of millions of years ago, the first plants began spreading across Earth’s land. This major turning point helped ...

The Sourland Mountain Preserve in Hillsborough offers something most New Jersey hiking spots can’t: a genuine wilderness experience with a Manhattan skyline chaser. That boardwalk through lush ...

Hawaii Island's Kilauea volcano erupted on March 10, spewing rock fragments and closing nearby highways.

Tephra is fragmented volcanic material — including ash, rock and strands of volcanic glass — blasted into the air during an ...

A new detection method called “Jerk” could dramatically improve how scientists forecast volcanic eruptions. By using a single broadband seismometer, the system can detect extremely subtle ground ...