THERE are around 1,500 volcanoes on land which have been active in the last 10,000 years spewing ash into the atmosphere periodically. As about 50 to 60 volcanic eruptions happen each month we’ve ...

Dr Jessica Johnson spent two years on a research fellowship at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, focused on the island's most active volcano, Kilauea AS Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano continues to release ...

NEW ENGLAND could be under threat from a brewing super volcano, according to geologists who have detected molten rock rising from the normally dormant area. How is a super volcano formed? A new ...

AT LEAST 69 people have died and hundreds have been injured after the Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupted on Sunday with barely any warning. But why do volcanoes erupt and how many super volcanoes are ...

ISLA: Ok, this is impressive, you’ve got to explain please! CONNOR: The surface of the Earth is called the crust and it is made up of different plates, pieces that fit together and float about on a ...

In 2013, scientists announced the discovery of the world's biggest volcano – Tamu Massif. This vast underwater volcano covers an area around 120,000 square miles, roughly the same size as the British ...

Predicting when a volcano might erupt is very difficult. Some volcanoes erupt almost constantly, such as Kīlauea on Hawaii, but others may have gaps of hundreds of thousands of years between eruptions ...

Countries with the Most Volcanoes: Volcanoes are powerful openings in the Earth’s crust where hot lava, ash, and gases escape from below the surface. Some countries have more volcanoes because they ...

AS Hawaii's Kilauea volcano continues to release lava following two weeks of violent eruptions, now is a good a time as any to explore the science behind the rocky magma-spewers. And we've gathered ...