Hidden in the Pacific, two very different volcanoes are forcing scientists to rethink what counts as “biggest.” Tamu Massif, a shield-like giant buried beneath the northwest Pacific, spent years ...

The largest active volcano in Oregon is being drilled into as part of an effort to create a cleaner energy source. Engineers are building a geothermal power plant that taps into the energy of the ...

A research group has revealed through seismic wave analysis that the oceanic plate beneath the Ontong Java Plateau—the ...

A new seismic study reveals that Earth’s largest volcanic event fundamentally transformed the oceanic plate beneath the ...