Mark Behn News Today

Massachusetts earthquake researchers and public safety officials are reminding residents what to do when the next quake strikes.

A 4.8 magnitude earthquake shook the East Coast, as startled Massachusetts residents felt the "pretty rare magnitude" quake from hundreds of miles away.

The outgoing Editor-in-Chief of JGR: Solid Earth reflects on their tenure and expresses appreciation to all those who contributed to the success of the journal over recent years.

Scientists organized a trio of expeditions to document the buildup of stress leading to a large earthquake on a seafloor fault, developing innovations for successful seagoing research in the process.

A new study by geologists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), MIT, and elsewhere has found that colliding continental plates may draw down more water than previously thought. The results could help to explain the explosiveness of some

Geologists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), MIT, and elsewhere find colliding continental plates may draw down more water than previously thought. This could help explain the explosiveness of some volcanic eruptions and the distribution of ore deposits such as copper, silver, and gold.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a team of researchers from Boston College’s Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences a four-year, $6.2 million grant to study water quality and sediment transport in watersheds and along coastlines of the United States, U.S. Sen. Edward Markey announced on March 28.