Subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the North American Plate creating the Aleutian trench and volcanic island arc (Credit: Alaska Volcano Observatory). Click image for a larger view.

About 150 million years ago, a slow process began that gradually allowed volcanic islands to grow between ... In the Mariana Trench, the whole arc is developed in oceanic crust.

A new “baby” island has been spotted in the middle ... yielding one of Earth’s deepest trenches and most active volcanic arcs”.

Bringing a novel approach to a classic problem, researchers have revealed how changes in ocean chemistry over the past 2 ...

About 150 million years ago, a slow process began that gradually allowed volcanic islands to grow between ... In the Mariana Trench, the whole arc is developed in oceanic crust.

“Islands created by submarine volcanoes ... yielding one of Earth’s deepest trenches and most active volcanic arcs”.

A new island has popped up in the southwest ... aptly known as the Kermadec Trench, as well as the active Kermadec volcanic arc just behind it. Unfortunately, this little guy probably isn ...

The Pacific Plate here is sinking beneath two other small plates, yielding one of Earth’s deepest trenches and most active volcanic arcs. Islands created by submarine volcanoes are often short-lived, ...

A volcano is likely erupting deep beneath the Pacific Ocean, with ships told to avoid the area. An eruption is believed to have happened in the US Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands ...

A new 6-acre island in the Pacific Ocean ... two other smaller plates, a huge trench is formed. It also caused ones of the most active volcanic arcs in the world. Volcanoes that are submerged ...

The island forged in fire off the coast ... and down to New Zealand. The 452 volcanoes and the underwater trenches, such as the Japan Trench, the Ryuku Trench, and the Middle America Trench ...