The record-breaking mission offers an unprecedented opportunity to study the geology of our planet’s largest layer.

A study led by Prof. Zhang Nannan from the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography (XIEG) of the Chinese Academy of ...

The recent discovery of nine new species of carnivorous land snails in the remote forests of Papua New Guinea has sparked ...

(Illustration photo) A village church stands near the shore in Papua New Guinea, Sept. 17, 2024./U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Austin Boucher. (Wikimedia Commons Public domain) A historic decision ...

Volcanoes inspire awe with spectacular eruptions and incandescent rivers of lava, but often their deadliest hazard is what quietly falls from the sky. When a large volcano erupts, as Mount Spurr ...

While most people think of continents as stationary masses, the truth is that every landmass on Earth is in motion, riding ...

Moderate-magnitude earthquakes struck Myanmar, which is already dealing with the extensive damage caused by a recent earthquake, Papua New Guinea and Tajikistan on Sunday. As Myanmar lamented ...

April 13 (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.79 struck Papua New Guinea on Sunday, hitting at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the German Research Centre for Geosciences said. Sign up here.

“A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck on Saturday (April 12, 2025) off the coast of Papua New Guinea’s New Ireland province,” the United States Geological Survey said. The quake struck at a ...

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck Saturday off the coast of Papua New Guinea's New Ireland province, the United States Geological Survey said. A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck Saturday off the ...

April 12 (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.95 struck the New Britain Region in Papua New Guinea on Saturday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth ...

Papua New Guinea will "immediately" lift a ban on forest carbon credit schemes, the Pacific nation's climate minister told AFP on Thursday, opening up its vast wilderness to offset global emissions.