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A machine-learning algorithm originally built to spot impact craters on Mars has been retrained on ocean-floor data, and the ...

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Hawaii Island residents may have felt shaking recently from large, deep earthquakes. Deep earthquakes like this have been ...

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Deep beneath the ocean waves, dangers lurk. Not from cryptic monsters like the kraken, but from powerful forces reshaping the ocean floor itself. Most of Earth's volcanic activity takes place ...

Kanloan Volcano on Negros Island emits a plume of ash during a moderate explosive eruption on Thursday, July 9, 2026, as seen from neighboring Iloilo City. — Photo from Iloilo City Disaster Risk ...

Evacuation orders are in effect in Murrieta as firefighters battle a brush fire. The Volcano Fire was reported just before 3 p.m. Tuesday and has swelled to 144 acres near the Santa Rosa Plateau ...

Earth was once covered by a global magma ocean, which later cooled and crystallised – now traces of this primordial event have been found in magma from a young volcano in the Indian Ocean ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...