Researchers have long known that islands are hotspots for species diversity. But, until recently, there weren't precise ...

A 2023 NASA aerial spectrometer study found some 2 million “hot spots,” often associated with ... NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which are critical to climate ...

The Axial Seamount is not expected to threaten human population centres but it could help scientists forecast the eruption of ...

A series of deadly wildfires in the greater Los Angeles area were still burning fiercely over the weekend, decimating entire communities.

Unlike mountains on land, the underwater ridge marks the border where the Juan de Fuca and the Pacific oceanic plates ... potent to magma hot spots that created the islands of Hawaii and Iceland.

Until recently, however, oceanic microflora have remained largely ... phytoplankton and particulate organic matter represent 'hot spots' of microbial activity in the sea. Particle consumption ...