Known worldwide as one of the most spectacular day hikes, the Tongariro Crossing is a bucket-list experience like no other. Located within the UNESCO dual World Heritage-listed Tongariro National Park ...

but geologists estimate that the new island could last several years. Unlike previous ones, this formation is characterized by effusive flows that create material more resistant to erosion. Located in ...

Since 2022, the underwater volcano of Home Reef has repeatedly emerged, adding hectares of land to the Tonga archipelago. Successive eruptions have allowed the island to reach an area of ...

Geologists expect the current island to last longer ... So far, Home Reef’s eruptions have had little impact on people, unlike the neighboring Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai volcano, which erupted in 2022, ...

A geology professor believed that aerial photos from the 1950s show evidence of an ancient city under Nakhon Ratchasima in Thailand. By viewing the landscape from above, researchers discovered a ...

University of Plymouth provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Ukraine’s minerals have become central to global geopolitics, with the US president, Donald Trump, seeking a deal with ...

The volcanic eruption of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai back in 2021 might’ve been the largest in over a century, but that’s far from the only eruptive activity that Tonga has seen as of late.

Plate tectonics is geology’s Theory of Everything. The realisation in the 1960s that Earth’s crust is made of fragments called plates—and that these plates can grow, shrink and move around ...

The four species on Fiji and Tonga are listed as endangered, primarily because of habitat loss, predation by invasive rats and exploitation by smugglers feeding the exotic pet trade. Biologists ...

We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Geologists have now unearthed evidence of a 3.5 billion-year-old crater found in a layer of Australian rock. Shatter cones, which are ...