The United States leads the globe with 165 Holocene volcanoes, followed by Japan and Russia. These nations, situated along tectonic plate boundaries, host numerous active volcanic sites. Ongoing ...

For someone whose knowledge of volcanoes and lava had long been confined to high school textbooks, seeing an active volcano ...

Underwater volcanoes are powerful geological forces shaping our planet and oceans. These hidden giants form through tectonic activity and magma rising from Earth's depths. While most eruptions are ...

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Using syrup and baking soda, research has demonstrated the formation mechanism of rootless cones, small volcanic landforms commonly found on Earth and Mars. The study clarified, through an ...

Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, erupted this week for the first time in almost four decades. When volcanoes erupt, they can have disastrous effects on the environment and the ...

HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK, Hawaii (Island News) -- The eruption at Kilauea has officially ended and is unlikely to restart, according to scientists at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO). The ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — The Yellowstone region today is Wonderland. It is full of spectacular ...

Fig. 3. Lunar volcanic landforms. (A) Floor-fractured crater (44.3°E, 46.5°N), LRO WAC mosaic. (B) Lava flows in the southwestern Imbrium (330.4°E, 25.5°N), Apollo photograph AS15-M-1701. (C) Sinuous ...

People living in the metropolitan area of Naples, Italy, are literally sandwiched between two active volcanoes. Mount Vesuvius gets all the attention because of its destruction of ancient Pompeii, but ...