Kris Wang is a fourth-year undergraduate student at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, where he is studying geosciences with a focus on volcanology and igneous petrology.

It’s been a tale of two winters around the U.S., with Wyoming and other parts of the West getting almost no snow. Meanwhile, the East has been ...

Since the 1970s, planetary geologists have known that volcanic features cover large swaths of Mars. Early Mariner 9 images ...

The Defence Force has carried out upgrade of critical tsunami and volcano monitoring equipment on Raoul Island.RNZ Pacific reporters The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has carried out upgrade of ...

With New Zealand Army and Royal New Zealand Air Force personnel aboard, military sealift vessel HMNZS Canterbury under the ...

How do wildfires and volcanoes influence the Earth’s temperature? This is what a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of | Earth And The Environment ...

A new study shows eruptions and wildfires altered the upper atmosphere, yet recent surface warming points elsewhere.

Volcanoes and wildfires can inject millions of tons of gases and aerosol particles into the air, affecting temperatures on a global scale. But picking out the specific impact of individual events ...

Known as the New Zealand Geological Timescale, it has just undergone its most comprehensive revision in 20 years.

Tonga, a Polynesian archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, is one of Australia's closest neighbours.  Satellite imagery has captured the island's growth with recent photos shared from December 3, ...