"The jury remains out on whether the June 2020 event was a nuclear test or not. What is certain is that we are in a time of nuclear uncertainty and it will continue for some time," Lori Dengler writes ...

A burst of solar activity in early February 2026 sent high-speed plasma streaming past Earth, triggering geomagnetic ...

Scientists at Stanford have unveiled the first-ever global map of rare earthquakes that rumble deep within Earth’s mantle rather than its crust. Long debated and notoriously difficult to confirm, ...

Researchers have proposed that changes in Earth's ionosphere could trigger electrical forces that nudge fragile areas of the crust into creating an earthquake.

Dr Robin Lee and Dr Camilla Penney from the University of Canterbury have been awarded Natural Hazards Commission grants towards their ...

Some large earthquakes may flip direction and “boomerang” back, striking the same area twice and reshaping damage patterns.

U.S. officials reveal evidence of a covert 2020 nuclear test by China at Lop Nor, allegedly hidden using 'decoupling' to evade seismic detection.

An earthquake typically sets off ruptures that ripple out from its underground origins. But on rare occasions, seismologists ...

Earthquakes may do more than shake the ground. New research suggests they could help build massive gold nuggets.

Forecasting earthquakes presents a serious challenge on land, but in the oceans that cover around 70% of Earth's surface it ...

Analysis: A serious approach to climate adaptation requires reckoning with the grim reality the future holds: more storms, ...

Giulio De Leo, Stanford professor of oceans and earth systems and senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, aims to decrease the transmission of schistosomiasis by lowering the ...