Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. The Kerguelen Plateau in the Indian Ocean is the world's longest ...

A fiery mystery has puzzled geologists for decades: where did the lava fueling one of Earth’s largest volcanic events come from? A new study may finally have the answer. Scientists have long believed ...

The Ontong Java Plateau, a volcanically-formed underwater plateau located in the Pacific Ocean north of the Solomon Islands, is younger and its eruption was more protracted than previously thought, ...

New high-precision argon isotope dating of the Ontong Java Plateau indicates that it is 10 million years younger than previously thought, according to Peter Davidson and colleagues. The Ontong Java ...

A new study traces a 120-million-year-old 'super-eruption' to its source, offering new insights into Earth's complex geological history. Geologists led by the University of Maryland and the University ...

Scientists knew a meteorite impact had flung debris all over the world, but where it struck has remained a mystery. By Katherine Kornei Earth has had many run-ins with space rocks. They’ve triggered ...