Following the earthquakes that struck various locations in Venezuela, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints launched a humanitarian response that includes the distribution of approximately 5,000 assistance kits, which are expected to benefit more than 23,500 people in the affected communities.
A missionary carries a mattress as part of the church's efforts to mobilize humanitarian aid for more than 23,500 people affected by the earth…
The discoveries challenge the popular image of Yellowstone as a ticking time bomb with a single massive underground pool of molten rock.
Six years of scientific investigation within Yellowstone National Park has revealed a volcanic system far more complex than scientists imagined.
Madison Myers, a Montana State University professor who has spent years mapping the park’s geology, said her team has discovered numerous volc…
A hand-sample photo of what is known to be Lava Creek Tuff “unit 2.” Small black scoria pieces are distinctive of this unit compared to the pr…
Geologists from Montana State University study an outcrop of diorite (a silicic igneous rock that cooled slowly beneath the ground). An outcro…
Exposure of the Mount Jackson Rhyolite Series vitrophyre at Gibbon River. Boulders of weathered, lichen-covered rock show how easy it is to ov…
TOKYO (AP) — One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia’s Far East early Wednesday, sending tsunami waves into Japan and Haw…


