Volcanic basalt rocks in the Black Rock Desert, Utah. If you drive south through central Utah on Interstate 15 and look west somewhere around Fillmore, you'll see smooth hills and fields of black rock ...

America’s geological wonders don’t need erupting volcanoes to create breathtaking spectacles that look straight out of a ...

The Markagunt Plateau is considered the top step in the Grand Staircase, the landscape that descends from the roof of southwestern Utah into the basement of the Grand Canyon. Back in the 1970s, ...

Santiago Xalitzintla, Mexico • When the Popocatepetl volcano reawakened in 1994, Mexican scientists needed people in the area who could be their eyes and ears. State police helped them find one, Nefi ...

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Scientists have studied Yellowstone National Park’s magmatic system for decades, which makes the iconic geysers, mud pots and various hydrothermal wonders possible. But it wasn’t until recently that a ...

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SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Communication out of Tonga remained limited after the volcanic eruption and tsunami. According to the Utah Department of Health, Salt Lake and West Valley cities have some of ...

Earthquakes in the Black Rock Desert are rare and capturing the seismic recordings from these earthquakes provides a glimpse into the volcanic system of the Black Rock Desert that, while not showing ...