This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on Tuesday threw his support behind a vast expansion in geothermal energy. Emerging forms of ...

This magma, cooling upon contact with water, solidifies to form volcanic rock. Over successive eruptions, these accumulations of rock can emerge above the water's surface, thus creating new islands.

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So you have this huge amount of water that's essentially cooling that magma chamber. When it cools, that water rises to the surface and forms these hydrothermal systems. (bright music continues ...

The planet's internal structure comprises four layers: a rocky crust on the outside, then a rocky mantle, an outer core made of magma and a ... ∎ Earth's interior is cooling faster than ...