If the theory is proven correct, the consequences could be enormous, spelling a much more risky, explosive future.

Volcanoes that appear to be benign can be much more violent than previously feared due to volatile magma hidden deep below the surface, a study shows. Scientists studied volcanoes on remote islands in ...

In the shadow of the world's most infamous volcanoes, history has been shaped by fire and ash. From the catastrophic eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815, which forged a nearly four-mile caldera and ...

POPOCATEPETL volcano has erupted on Tuesday, sending molten lava cascading down the crater and huge ash clouds high into the air. Popocatepetl volcano has erupted, sending molten lava spewing down the ...

A new paper from scientists at The University of Manchester has discovered why some volcanic eruptions are more explosive than others. Basaltic eruptions are the most common form of volcanic eruption, ...

The Tonga underwater volcano that produced a spectacular eruption in January remains astonishingly intact. A New Zealand-led team has just finished mapping the flanks of the seamount, which many ...

Geoscientists have long thought that water – along with shallow magma stored in Earth’s crust – drives volcanoes to erupt. Now, thanks to newly developed research tools at Cornell, scientists have ...

The magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck the Alaskan peninsula on Wednesday, July 28, prompting fears of impending tsunami waves. Geologists are now keeping a watchful eye on another potential source of ...

Chaos erupted in Indonesia on Wednesday as Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki, one of the country's most active volcanoes, blasted lava and ash into the sky. The first eruption struck at 1:35am local time, ...

An explosive eruption has rocked La Soufriere volcano on the eastern Caribbean island of St Vincent following mandatory evacuation orders from the local government. Erouscilla Joseph, director of the ...

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