A MASSIVE Alaskan volcano is on the brink of erupting — and terrified experts warn it could happen within weeks. Mount Spurr, ...

Melting glaciers in North America 10,000 years ago may have given continental drift a bit of a push. Similar activity in ...

Imagine a gentle landscape of rolling plains and peaceful forests, stretching as far as the eye can see. Now, picture that ...

When Maureen Long talks to the public about her work, she likes to ask her audience to close their eyes and think of a ...

This volcanic arc delineates the boundary between the Pacific and North American tectonic plates. A subduction zone, composed of the deep Aleutian Trench coupled with a landward line of volcanoes ...

Arenal Volcano is an active volcano in Costa Rica, which is in the south part of North America. It is famous for an intense eruption period, which lasted from 1968 until 2010 - more than 40 years.

Popocatépetl is the second most active volcano in Mexico. In terms of explosive activity and population threat, it ranks highest in Mexico and North America. One of the 10 most-populated volcanoes in ...